Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Pristina, Kosovo
A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
San Francisco, California
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
Trenton, New Jersey
This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Postojna, Slovenia
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Madrid, Spain
Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.
Chiang Mai, Thailand
This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.
Bangkok, Thailand
For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Vũng Tàu, Vietnam
Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.
Halong City, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
Montenegro
A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Gargoyle head that brings good luck.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.
Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.