Two Rocks, Australia
Atlantis Marine Park
An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.
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Two Rocks, Australia
An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.
Parkville, Australia
Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.
Sydney, Australia
Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.
Melbourne, Australia
The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.
Cologne, Germany
If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.
Krakow, Poland
Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Glastonbury, England
The final resting place of one of the most influential modern occultists.
Glastonbury, England
A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.
Castlemartin, Wales
Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.
Pontywaun, Wales
An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Tintern, Wales
This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.
Cardiff, Wales
This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.
Upper Heyford, England
A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.
Cannock, England
Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.
Birmingham, England
A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.
Birmingham, England
The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.
Birmingham, England
A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.
Valletta, Malta
The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.
Alcantarilha, Portugal
This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.
London, England
A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.
Thursford, England
A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.
Cardiff, Wales
An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.