Salzburg, Austria
Schloss Hellbrunn
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
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Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Malindi, Kenya
Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.
Ardino, Bulgaria
An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.
Skibbereen, Ireland
This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.
Strand, Norway
This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
London, England
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.
Lemgo, Germany
An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Caraș-Severin, Romania
Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.
Berlin, Germany
The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Uribante, Venezuela
A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.
Tokyo, Japan
Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Berlin, Germany
Art and a pun, all in one.
Viterbo, Italy
This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.
Paris, France
A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.