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The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.