San Gimignano, Italy
The Museum of Medieval Torture
Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Roswell, New Mexico
Miniatures & Curious Collections Museum
Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.
Roswell, New Mexico
POW Iron Cross
The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
London, England
The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
Replica of the Golden Hinde
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
London, England
Tower Bridge Chimney
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
London, England
Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
London, England
The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
Stanley, Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands Totem Pole
Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.
Falkland Islands
Boot Hill
An ever-growing field of footwear invites legends and more shoes.
Washington, D.C.
Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Mini Monument
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Washington, D.C.
FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
Washington, D.C.
The Brewmaster's Castle
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
Washington, D.C.
Catacombs of Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
San Francisco, California
The Shipwrecks at Land's End
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
San Francisco, California
Encryption Lava Lamps
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
San Francisco, California
The Pirate Supply Store at 826 Valencia
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
Exploratorium
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
Cañon City, Colorado
Garden Park Fossil Area
The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.
Creede, Colorado
Wheeler Geologic Area
This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Indian Pueblo Kitchen
Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
