Athens, Greece
The Athenian Agora
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
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Athens, Greece
Antikythera Mechanism
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
Mont Saint-Michel
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Nantes, France
Machines of the Isle of Nantes
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Freetown Christiania
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Geological Museum
Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Rundetårn
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.
Paris, France
Shakespeare and Company
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
Musée des Arts et Métiers
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
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Paris, France
Paris Padlocks of Love
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
Darwin Centre Spirit Collection
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Grant Museum of Zoology
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
