Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Sibiu, Romania
Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.
Sibiu, Romania
A stunning 18th century pharmacy and medieval chemist's collection.
Belgrade, Serbia
Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Morristown, New Jersey
A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Brooklyn, New York
A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
Centerport, New York
An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.
New York, New York
A Natural History and Science Emporium.
Albany, California
A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.