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Unique ice crystal structures

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Erebus Ice Tongue Caves

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

Kings and pirates never saw this coming
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

World's First Gold-Dispensing ATM

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

The east wing and bridge

Dronninglund, Denmark

Voergaard Castle

This Danish castle is supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch.

Wall of boars, guns, antlers and skulls

Sibiu, Romania

The "August von Spiess" Museum of Hunting

Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.

Getting out of the Devil's pool. The other exit is to climb up the rocks to the viewer's left.

Victoria Falls, Zambia

Devil's Swimming Pool

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Mercury in Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden Solar System

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

La Specola.

Florence, Italy

La Specola Anatomical Collection

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Fontanelle Cemetery Caves.
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Naples, Italy

Fontanelle Cemetery Caves

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Top of the water tower in Walterboro

Walterboro, South Carolina

Walterboro Water Tower

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

The view at night.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

West End Overlook

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

Þingvellir Church

Thingvellir, Iceland

Þingvellir Church

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The recreated apartment.

London, England

The Sherlock Holmes Pub and Museum

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Your body goes in here (yes, yours)

Atlanta, Georgia

CDC Museum

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Nature's flying buttresses, lined up as far as the eye can see

Ribadeo, Spain

Playa de las Catedrales

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

An unmarked cross grave.

Kings Park, New York

St. Johnland Cemetery

This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.

Ornamental skulls display in the Museum

Aguascalientes, Mexico

National Museum of Death

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

Florence Mine

Egremont, United Kingdom

Florence Mine

The rust covering this old mine's abandoned buildings matches the red pigment it once produced.

The Chapel of the Tablet

Aksum, Ethiopia

Chapel of the Tablet

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

Trembling Rock

Huelgoat, France

Trembling Rock

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

Historic medication bottles

Hamburg, Germany

Museum of Medical History Hamburg

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

Tatiana Pick's Psychedelic Hallway
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Kyiv, Ukraine

Tatiana Pick's Psychedelic Hallway

Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.

Medici Column

Paris, France

Medici Column

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

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