Brussels, Belgium
Théâtre Royal de Toone
Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.
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Brussels, Belgium
Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.
Trujillo, Peru
Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.
Marlborough, New Hampshire
This curious and colorful space invites visitors to delve into the hidden and often mind-boggling world of caterpillars.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
Aarhus, Denmark
This legendary dive bar boasts a collection of over 1,300 clown figurines.
Lisbon, Portugal
This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.
Los Angeles, California
This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.
Augsburg, Germany
This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.
Salzburg, Austria
A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.
São Paulo, Brazil
Dozens of vintage puppets are displayed in an unassuming hallway at the public library.
Wilmington, Australia
This small town museum is home to the largest collection of puppets in Australia.
Bergamo, Italy
A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
An antiquated aquarium housed in a converted government anti-nuclear bunker.
Prague, Czechia
A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.
Moriya, Japan
For but one summer in 1975, this rural suburb became a busy tourist spot when a local girl claimed to have seen ghostly faces on an old stele.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
Inyo County, California
This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Karrebæksminde, Denmark
This distinctive bug-like bridge is made of recycled horseshoes.
Joso, Japan
Every summer, this shrine sets up a tiny drinking fountain reserved for thirsty apians.
Kangaroo Island Council, Australia
An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.