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This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

A beautiful 1920s tower filled with local hidden gems.

This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

This quirky shop on a former farm is full of weird and wonderful oddities and antiques.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

This surreal-looking tree pruned more than 1,000 years ago is still producing olives for oil.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

This suburban British town holds secrets that would have made the druids proud.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.