Saint Petersburg, Russia
Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)
The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia
The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Salford, England
This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.
Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Blackpool, England
One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.
Dorking, England
Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."
Weston, England
Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Holywell, Wales
The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.
Holywell, Wales
Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.
Waterloo, England
A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Liverpool, England
Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.
Liverpool, England
Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.
Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.