Szymbark, Poland
Upside-Down House
Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.
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Szymbark, Poland
Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Haarlem, Netherlands
The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Capannori, Italy
This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.
Laconia, Greece
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Berlin, Germany
What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.
Tallinn, Estonia
Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.
Kværndrup, Denmark
Generations have refused to move this doll from its dusty resting place to preserve a castle from a watery fate.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.
Genk, Belgium
This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.
Salzburg, Austria
Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.
Mexico City, Mexico
Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Mexico City, Mexico
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.