Geneva, Switzerland
Musée d'Histoire des Sciences (Museum of History of Science)
A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Geneva, Switzerland
A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Wales
Wander along roughly a mile of paths in what may be the world's largest forest labyrinth.
Manchester, England
Over 300 historical instruments from around the world can be found in the Royal Northern College of Music's basement.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.
Abergele, Wales
After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.
Llandudno, Wales
The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Valencia, Spain
Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.
Valencia, Spain
With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.
Valencia, Spain
From grand battles to daily life, this Spanish museum offers a view of world history in miniature.
Valencia, Spain
This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.
Paris, France
Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.
Hull, England
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A giant sculpture of the legendary "Salmon of Knowledge" celebrates the return of fish to Belfast's River Lagan.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.
Paris, France
Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.
Paris, France
A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.
Paris, France
If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Paris, France
This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.
Paris, France
A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.