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A quirky museum showcasing gloves from movie stars to moonwalkers, plus a behind-the-scenes factory tour.

Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.

This Art-Deco-styled, former indoor public bath is now a museum.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

This lighthouse sits within a glacial valley.

A small museum in Newfoundland is home to a 227-foot tapestry that preserves the remote region's colorful history.

This remote Moravian mission brought Christianity—as well as devastation—to the Inuit people.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.

An oversized Van Gogh reproduction is one of three massive sunflower paintings across the globe.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

A tiny, picturesque island, where cows and wild horses wander around the houses.

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This defunct Champlain Oil service station harkens back to the early days of automobiles.

This multicolored meandering masterpiece is Britain's longest bench.

This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

A lasting testament to the Klondike Gold Rush.

A jazz band formed by African water animals in the heart of Flemish Brabant.