Elburg, Netherlands
Zandverhalen Sandsculpture Museum
One of the largest sandsculpture installations in the world, this exhibit boasts a unique combination of sprawling sand scenes, theological musings, and salvaged shipwrecks.
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Elburg, Netherlands
One of the largest sandsculpture installations in the world, this exhibit boasts a unique combination of sprawling sand scenes, theological musings, and salvaged shipwrecks.
Rome, Italy
An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
Kassel, Germany
A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.
Kassel, Germany
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
Kassel, Germany
At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.
Thale, Germany
This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.
Herzberg am Harz, Germany
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
Sankt Andreasberg, Germany
Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."
Wernigerode, Germany
On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.
Brussels, Belgium
A hidden museum focusing on the sexual aspects of anthropology.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Ibsheway, Egypt
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.
Egypt
An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Zawya Sultan Basha, Egypt
An endless sea of white conical domes.
Aswan, Egypt
This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.
Aswan, Egypt
The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.
Luxor, Egypt
Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.
Dandarah, Egypt
One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.
Dandarah, Egypt
Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.
Oslo, Norway
Located within military grounds, this one-legged bronze soldier poignantly showcases the human cost of war.
Puentedey, Spain
A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.
Cuevas, Spain
A road that winds through this natural cave is the only way to access the small, appropriately-named village of Cuevas.