Gruyères, Switzerland
H.R. Giger Museum
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Berlin, Germany
Tempelhof Airport
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
The Clock of Flowing Time
An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.
Berlin, Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Victory Column
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Oudewater, Netherlands
Witches' Weigh House
The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.
London, England
221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
The Hague, Netherlands
Celestial Vault
Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.
Woudenberg, Netherlands
Pyramid of Austerlitz
A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.
Loenen, Netherlands
Waterfall of Loenen
The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.
Kamakura, Japan
The Great Buddha of Kamakura
A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.
Hamelin, Germany
Glockenspiel of Hameln
The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.
Hildesheim, Germany
The Thousand-Year Rose
The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.
London, England
The Burlington Arcade Beadles
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
The London Stone
This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.
London, England
Temple Church
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Tokyo, Japan
Mohri Garden Pond
An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.
Kyoto, Japan
Sagano Bamboo Forest
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Kyoto, Japan
Mimizuka
Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.
Kyoto, Japan
Sanjūsangen-dō
1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.
