Melbourne, Australia
Victoria Police Museum
Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.
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Melbourne, Australia
Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.
Melbourne, Australia
A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Friskney, England
The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.
Barcelona, Spain
The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.
Madrid, Spain
The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.
Wellington, New Zealand
The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.
Napier, New Zealand
This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.
Southport, North Carolina
This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.
Crescent City, California
A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient Roman religious cult contains an exquisite traditional fresco.
McCall, Idaho
The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.
Washington, D.C.
A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?
London, England
A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.
Kerry, Ireland
An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.
Kerry, Ireland
An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.
Portugal
A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Tallinn, Estonia
A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.
Mantua, Italy
A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
Solferino, Italy
The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.