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A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

An old Danish political institution where members of government can grab a drink off the record.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

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

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.