Krakow, Poland
The Living Obwarzanek Museum (Żywe Muzeum Obwarzanka)
Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.
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Krakow, Poland
Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Putty, Australia
Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Gdańsk, Poland
A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Helmond, Netherlands
An interactive museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the home computer.
Istanbul, Turkey
A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Baku, Azerbaijan
A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Leba, Poland
This open-air museum was originally a World War II testing ground for German missiles and rockets.
Iceland
The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.
Heimaey, Iceland
Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.
Strathcarron, Scotland
This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.
Largs, Scotland
This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
Maybole, Scotland
An optical Illusion once believed to be an electrical phenomenon.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Akhmeta, Georgia
Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.
Tbilisi, Georgia
This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.
Georgia
A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.