Rome, Italy
Vespa Museum
This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.
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Rome, Italy
This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.
Tartu, Estonia
The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.
Älvdalen N, Sweden
This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.
Paris, France
This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.
Tbilisi, Georgia
You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.
Fribourg, Switzerland
This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
An art museum inside an active factory.
Chevilly-Larue, France
Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.
Ouarzazate, Morocco
The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.
Puebla, Mexico
This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.
Santiago, Chile
This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.
Basel, Switzerland
The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.
Winnebago, Nebraska
A Winnebago Tribe collection featuring arrowheads, artwork, and a mysterious rock carving.
New Delhi, India
Made by a man on a worldwide sanitation crusade.
Reading, England
This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.
Tübingen, Germany
One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."
Helsinki, Finland
A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.
Tønsvik, Norway
At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.
Stockholm, Sweden
This statue and park honor the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, one of the founders of modern chemistry.
São Paulo, Brazil
This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.
Wheeler, Texas
A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.
Washington, D.C.
Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.
Washington, D.C.
The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.
Sanok, Poland
An open-air museum of 18th-century homes and churches transported from various villages in Southern Poland.