Herzberg am Harz, Germany
Unicorn Cave
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
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Herzberg am Harz, Germany
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Berlin, Germany
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Castlewellan, Northern Ireland
A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.
Lejre, Denmark
This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.
Nono, Argentina
One man's quest to collect artifacts from every aspect of human life has resulted in this eclectic Argentinian museum.
Montreal, Québec
One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.
Lima, Peru
Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.
Rome, Italy
Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?
Turin, Italy
The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.
Prague, Czechia
A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.
Kyoto, Japan
A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.
Inuyama, Japan
An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.
Kazuno, Japan
Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.
Nichinan-shi, Japan
These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.
Tokyo, Japan
Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.
Koganei, Japan
Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.
Kumejima-chō, Japan
Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.
Kobe, Japan
An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.
Karatsu, Japan
The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.
Uozu-shi, Japan
Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.