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Juliet's balcony

Verona, Italy

Juliet's Balcony

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The Superior Dome

Marquette, Michigan

The Superior Dome

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

Tintagel Castle

Tintagel, England

Tintagel Castle

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Everyone rubs my nose for good luck!

Edinburgh, Scotland

Greyfriars Bobby

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Animal Wall at Cardiff Castle

Cardiff, Wales

Animal Wall at Cardiff Castle

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

The Arab Room ceiling

Cardiff, Wales

The Arab Room at Cardiff Castle

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Rosicrucian Park

San Jose, California

Rosicrucian Park

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

View from across Piazza San Marco.

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Skara Brae is on the west coast of Scotland.

Sandwick, Scotland

Skara Brae

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.

Stones and Henge, respectively.

Amesbury, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Edinburgh's oldest purpose built visitor attraction, The Camera Obscura on the Royal Mile

Edinburgh, Scotland

Camera Obscura & World of Illusions

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The Glasgow Necropolis

Glasgow, Scotland

The Glasgow Necropolis

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Horses - Stables Market

London, England

Stables Market

Catacombs turned marketplace.

President Truman conducted official state business from this Key West location frequently

Key West, Florida

Truman's Little White House

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Darth Vader grotesque on the northwest tower of the Washington National Cathedral.

District of Columbia

Darth Vader Grotesque

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Giant Needle and Button

New York, New York

Giant Needle and Button

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Smuggler's Inn
Permanently Closed

Anstruther, Scotland

Smuggler's Inn

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse

New York, New York

The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Thermopolia of Pompeii

Pompeii, Italy

Thermopolia of Pompeii

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

New York, New York

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)

Vienna, Austria

Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

Krakow, Poland

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Chocolate chariot driver and his horses (Flickr/SpirosK)

Barcelona, Spain

Chocolate Museum

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

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