Boston, Massachusetts
Mapparium Globe
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
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Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Tambon Chiang Haeo, Thailand
Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Glendale, California
A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Sasebo, Japan
The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Hamburg, Germany
A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.
Sierksdorf, Germany
A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.
Duisburg, Germany
The world's biggest pet store.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Bad Schandau, Germany
An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.
Alfeld, Germany
The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.
Schrobenhausen, Germany
Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.
Lichtenhain/Bergbahn, Germany
Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.
Haigerloch, Germany
The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.
Bad Doberan, Germany
A steam powered train that runs on city streets.