Oxford, England
Oxford Museum of the History of Science
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
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Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
Oxford, England
Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
Thomaston, Maine
Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.
Langwarrin, Australia
For better or worse, this whimsical sculpture garden was a favorite place of Rupert Murdoch's.
Melbourne, Australia
A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.
Poznań, Poland
These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde
This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
London, England
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
Tokyo, Japan
Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.
Tokyo, Japan
Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.
Wanaka, New Zealand
New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Milan, Italy
An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
Selçuk, Turkey
Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.
Lake George, New York
A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.
Vaglia, Italy
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
Moran, Wyoming
Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.
Puerto Inca, Peru
This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Salmon, Idaho
An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Västerås, Sweden
A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.
Sala, Sweden
This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.