Barcelona, Spain
Chocolate Museum
Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.
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Barcelona, Spain
Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
San Francisco, California
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
Frankfurt, Germany
The world's only silo that was topped by two revolving restaurants has unfortunately been demolished.
Lübeck, Germany
The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Matamata, New Zealand
This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.