Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Ratstrinkstube Clock Tower
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
Manila, Philippines
This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.
Stratford, New Zealand
This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.
Rawtenstall, England
This tower is all that remains of a 19th-century schoolhouse that became a famous music venue before its destruction.
Pier Ward, Seychelles
This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.
Gwynedd, Wales
In a boatyard near Aberdyfi is a nautically inspired work of art.
Petrovaradin, Serbia
Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Walpole, Massachusetts
This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.
Mexico City, Mexico
This stately clock was gifted from China's last imperial government to the people of Mexico.
Mumbai, India
A heritage structure designed in 1882 honors a Parsi philanthropist.
Lier, Belgium
A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.
Bordeaux, France
This striking sculpture was created in memory of enslaved people, acknowledging that the city of Bordeaux was France’s second-largest slave-trade port.
Hong Kong
This scenic reservoir is known colloquially as the “mirror of the sky.”
Gilroy, California
Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.
Bodnant Hall, Wales
A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Panama City, Florida
A brewpub dedicated to unusual artwork in Historic Downtown Panama City.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.