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This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

This commanding mausoleum holds the remains of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

A nondescript dirt lot hides an intriguing center of shamanic healing.

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.