Bremen, Germany
House of the Glockenspiel
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
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Bremen, Germany
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
Bremen, Germany
The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.
Bremen, Germany
Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.
Berlin, Germany
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Ticknall, England
This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.
Alexandrovsky District, Russia
Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.
Ulan-Ude, Russia
A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.
Solovetskiy, Russia
No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.
Olkhonsky District, Russia
Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Viterbo, Italy
This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
New York, New York
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Harbin, China
An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.
Birobidzhan, Russia
Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Berlin, Germany
Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!