Paris, France
Musée National de la Marine
Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.
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Paris, France
Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Deepcar, England
A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.
Leeds, England
This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.
Harrogate, England
A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.
Thurgoland, England
A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.
Hope Valley, England
Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.
Knaresborough, England
A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.
Chesterfield, England
A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.
London, England
William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.
Paisley, Scotland
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Queens, New York
The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.