Uppsala, Sweden
Gustavianum Museum
The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.
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Uppsala, Sweden
The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Stockholm, Sweden
The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.
Stockholm, Sweden
The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.
London, England
Abstract dinosaur models in London.
London, England
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, France
Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.
Victoria Falls, Zambia
The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
Koror, Palau
An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.
Almere, Netherlands
Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
Oss, Netherlands
One of the largest burial mounds in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Rivière-aux-Outardes, Québec
A lake formed in the basin of a massive impact crater takes the shape of an unbroken ring when viewed from above.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.