Roswell, New Mexico
Miniatures & Curious Collections Museum
Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.
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Roswell, New Mexico
Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.
Turin, Italy
Europe's simulation of the Martian surface uses soil from Mount Vesuvius.
Candelo, Italy
A perfectly preserved example of a fortified Medieval ricetto.
Huautla de Jiménez, Mexico
Southern Mexico under the influence of mushrooms, ceremony and celebrity.
Nikko, Japan
The site of Japan's first major environmental disaster.
Rome, Italy
A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.
Imola, Italy
An intact, still operating pharmacy from the 18th-century filled with numerous artifacts and paintings.
Le Castella, Italy
This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.
Massa Lubrense, Italy
A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."
Gallicano nel Lazio, Italy
A colossal aqueduct from the second century B.C., deeply hidden in a gorge on the outskirts of Rome.
Avesta, Sweden
The world's biggest version of the popular Swedish souvenir.
Kelmscott, England
The country home of world-famous designer, writer, and artist extraordinaire, William Morris.
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.
Singapore
Two panes of the massive Cold War artifact are on display at the National University of Singapore.
Stockholm, Sweden
Despite dreams of constructing this fairytale mansion, Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren never saw its completion.
East Sussex, England
This mysterious chalk figure of a horse has been recreated and restored for more than a century.
Papasidero, Italy
A mountain cave is the site of archaeological findings and Paleolithic rock art.
Takasaki, Japan
A trio of keyhole-shaped burial mounds restored to their ancient glory.
Morrison, Colorado
This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.
Sopotnica, Serbia
This natural monument has an origin story steeped in legend.
Santiago, Chile
How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States
Iceland
A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.
Brallo di Pregola, Italy
An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.
Tehachapi, California
Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.