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Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

Though it may look like a businessman's lost luggage, this case suspended under a highway bridge is actually a contemporary art installation.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

Could it have picked a better place to land?

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.