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When this monument to Slovenia's national poet was erected, it's said to have sparked the ire of nearby church authorities.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.