Edinburgh, Scotland
Museum of Childhood
The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.
Porto, Portugal
Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.
Prague, Czechia
This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.
Durness, Scotland
A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past
Edinburgh, Scotland
This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.
London, England
An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."
Budapest, Hungary
This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.
Barcelona, Spain
Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Osaka, Japan
One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.
Kyonan, Japan
This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Berlin, Germany
Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.
Berlin, Germany
Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.
Paris, France
Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.
Dublin, Ireland
Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.
Tomar, Portugal
The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.
Rome, Italy
The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.
Iceland
This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
Mexico City, Mexico
Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.