Bern, Switzerland
The Child Eater of Bern
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
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Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Kansas City, Missouri
A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.
Fez, Morocco
Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Berlin, Germany
A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.
Covarrubias, Spain
Princess Kristina played a pivotal role in fostering diplomatic ties between two kingdoms, Norway and Spain.
Atlanta, Georgia
The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.
Glentrool, Scotland
On a hill overlooking Loch Trool, a granite boulder marks the site where Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, defeated an English army.
Wellsville, Kansas
Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.
Chittorgarh, India
A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.
Pensacola, Florida
This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.
Lota, Chile
The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.
Ardtalnaig, Scotland
Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Gurdon, Arkansas
A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Congleton, England
This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.
Wincham, England
Formed by the collapse of salt mines and later used for dumping industrial waste, these lakes are now part an unusual, biodiverse parkland.
Jaca, Spain
32,000 tiny soldiers are posed in 23 historical settings.
Quicena, Spain
Designed in the Romanesque style, this structure was once a fortress monastery.
Margalef, Spain
An isolated village literally built into the crevices and rock formations of a mountain.
Peñíscola, Spain
The blowhole bursts spectacularly right next to the buildings in a medieval seaside town.