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One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The world's longest known cave system.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.