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The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

The largest of Denmark's seven mysterious round churches stands on an island in the Baltic Sea.

This exquisite example of early colonial architecture remains unfinished almost 500 years after construction began.