Postojna, Slovenia
Postojna Caves
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
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Postojna, Slovenia
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Zagreb, Croatia
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
PlitviÄŤka Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Boston, Massachusetts
This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Carlstadt, New Jersey
Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Lacey Township, New Jersey
A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.