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World Artifacts on the Tribune Tower Walls

Chicago, Illinois

World Artifacts on the Tribune Tower Walls

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

West Pier

Brighton, England

West Pier

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Camp 2

Oswiecim, Poland

Auschwitz Concentration Camp

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.

Hunterian Museum

London, England

Hunterian Museum

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

The Monty Python foot.

London, England

The Monty Python Foot

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Natural History Museum of London

London, England

Natural History Museum of London

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Fasinus tintinnabulum

London, England

Wellcome Collection & Library

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

One of the many gruesome dioramas.

London, England

The London Dungeon

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The grade is about 37 degrees

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

View from across Piazza San Marco.

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Peggy Guggenheim and her dogs' graves.

Venice, Italy

Peggy Guggenheim's Grave

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Lacus Curtius in the Roman Forum

Rome, Italy

Lacus Curtius

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

Cats lounging on ancient architecture

Rome, Italy

Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Stones and Henge, respectively.

Amesbury, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Highgate Cemetery

London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Bata Shoe Museum

Toronto, Ontario

Bata Shoe Museum

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

Giants.

Vancouver, British Columbia

'Giants' on Granville Island Silos

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

Girl in a Wetsuit, Stanley Park

Vancouver, British Columbia

‘Girl in a Wetsuit’

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

Looking in from the Pandora St. entrance.

Victoria, British Columbia

Fan Tan Alley

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

Mini Trafalgar Square

Victoria, British Columbia

Miniature World

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

The Gastown steam clock

Vancouver, British Columbia

Gastown Steam Clock

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

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