Cork, Ireland
The Butter Museum
This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.
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Cork, Ireland
This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.
Poznań, Poland
The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.
Langhirano, Italy
Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.
Budapest, Hungary
Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.
Budapest, Hungary
This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.
Budapest, Hungary
A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.
Budapest, Hungary
Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Hartford, Connecticut
The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.
Hartford, Connecticut
The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Athlone, Ireland
The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.
Mayo, Ireland
Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.
Clare, Ireland
A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.
Clare, Ireland
This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.
Galway, Ireland
While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
Cricket Saint Thomas, England
The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.
Near Lake Arrowhead, California
Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.
San Bernardino, California
This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.