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A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A student driver's nightmare.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

A small church ornamented with medieval erotic sculptures.

Salaguti's live-in museum: a fortress against criticism and consumer art.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

Berlin's old airport.