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A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

Hidden deep within a Filipino jungle is an incredible waterfall that plunges into a dazzling blue-green pool.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

A galley-shaped memorial to the prisoners of an infamous fortress.

An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.

The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.