Saint Paul, Minnesota
Museum of Quackery and Medical Frauds
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Juneau, Alaska
Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.
Fort Lawn, South Carolina
Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Brooklyn, New York
A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.
Prague, Czechia
Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.
Meknes, Morocco
The ruins of an early-18th-century complex that could once house up to 12,000 horses.
Santa Venere, Italy
Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.
Vicenza, Italy
One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.
Cittadella, Italy
Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.
Naples, Italy
The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.
Este, Italy
The origins of a large, medieval castle are shrouded in mystery, but now it's a delightful garden.
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.
Townsville, Australia
A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.
Padula, Italy
An omelette made with over 1,000 eggs may have been prepared when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V visited this monastery.
Formia, Italy
Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Rome, Italy
The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.
Athens, Greece
One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.