Manchester, England
Manchester Museum
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
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Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Marton-in-Cleveland, England
Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Thirsk, England
The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
Egremont, United Kingdom
The rust covering this old mine's abandoned buildings matches the red pigment it once produced.
Elterwater, England
The sculptural remains of the last home of a legendary Dada artist.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Dera, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.
Eisenberg an der Raab, Austria
Cross mysteriously appeared for 36 years.
Zagreb, Croatia
This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.
Vienna, Austria
The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.
Vienna, Austria
The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.
Vienna, Austria
Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.
Alland, Austria
Site of the 1889 murder-suicide of crown prince Rudolf and his lover Mary Vetsera.
Festenburg, Austria
Home of controversial poet priest who penned the words for the Austrian national anthem used in the 1930s.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.
Dienersdorf, Austria
"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Salzburg, Austria
Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.
Salzburg, Austria
This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.
Linz, Austria
Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.
Graz, Austria
Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.
Graz, Austria
Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.