Hull, England
The Hull Mermaid
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
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Hull, England
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
Valencia, Spain
This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.
Paphos, Cyprus
An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.
Puebla, Mexico
The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."
Aughton, England
The town of Argleton has a postal code and appears on maps and even real estate listings, yet it does not exist.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Lviv, Ukraine
Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
London, England
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.
Berriedale, Australia
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Prague, Czechia
The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.
Shanghai, China
An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.
Huangshan, China
This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.
Suzhou, China
9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.
Shanghai, China
An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Florence, Italy
Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.
Berkeley, California
The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.
Leuk, Switzerland
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.
Sala, Sweden
One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.
Rapa Nui, Chile
In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.
Barcelona, Spain
Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.
Tokyo, Japan
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.