Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
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Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Kyoto, Japan
The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.
Hakone, Japan
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Pozzuoli, Italy
A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Naples, Italy
The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Tokyo, Japan
A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
London, England
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
London, England
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
Keswick, England
A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.
Largs, Scotland
This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
Airdrie, Scotland
A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.