Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
Wreck of HMS Bounty
The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.
Places I want to go
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Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.
Montreal, Québec
One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
London, England
A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.
Vienna, Austria
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Adelaide, Australia
Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.
Frewville, Australia
Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.
El Cerrito, California
9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.
Cape Town, South Africa
This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.
Morondava, Madagascar
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
Paris, France
Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.
New York, New York
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.
Seoul, South Korea
South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.
Sandown, England
This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Paris, France
A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.