Franeker, Netherlands
Eisinga Planetarium
Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.
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Franeker, Netherlands
Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.
Budapest, Hungary
The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.
Tác, Hungary
The remains of an entire Roman city can be explored in this interactive museum.
Budapest, Hungary
Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Orschwiller, France
The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.
Colmar, France
A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Metz, France
A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.
Brussels, Belgium
From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.
Bucharest, Romania
This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Sinsheim, Germany
It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.
Mountain View, California
From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.
San Bernardino, California
This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.
Bärnbach, Austria
Bizarrely-painted church designed by a controversial artist.