Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

This battery powered bell has been ringing since 1840 and is one of the worlds longest running science experiments.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.