Blois, France
Mechanical Dragon Clock
A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
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Blois, France
A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
Amboise, France
The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Mexico City, Mexico
A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
London, England
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
Uden, Netherlands
Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.
Akureyri, Iceland
Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.
Kappern, Austria
Is this a portal to another side of the cosmos?
Valencia, Spain
This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.
Oudewater, Netherlands
The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.
Kerry, Ireland
Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.
Athenry, Ireland
Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.
Cork, Ireland
A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.
Chios, Greece
An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.
Berlin, Germany
These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Aarhus, Denmark
This inverted metropolis model is the artist's "revenge" for not being allowed to have a doll house as a kid.
Olomouc, Czechia
Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.
Turnhout, Belgium
Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.
Maldegem, Belgium
A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.