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A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.

Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.

This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

This historic orchard contains Northern Europe's largest collection of paradise apple trees.

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.

The largest collection of hair jewelry in Europe reminds you how creepy 19th-century love was.

From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

This Danish castle is supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch.

Denmark’s never-ending bridge.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.

Each spring, residents of this Czech town hoist a 'slain' metal dragon onto the city hall to commemorate a local medieval legend