Geneva, Switzerland
Café de Paris
The birthplace of a famous steak sauce still keeps its recipe a secret.
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Geneva, Switzerland
The birthplace of a famous steak sauce still keeps its recipe a secret.
Södra Nybro, Sweden
Believed to be the first museum dedicated to the films in the world.
Andernach, Germany
The highest cold-water geyser in the world.
Manchester, England
The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.
Oxford, England
A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.
Melbourne, Australia
Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.
Lübeck, Germany
The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.
Cambridge, England
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Cambridge, England
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Oxford, England
A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Sylacauga, Alabama
A sinuous monument to the first person who was struck by a meteorite.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Sydney, Australia
One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.