Nemi, Italy
Nemi Ships
Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.
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Nemi, Italy
Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Blois, France
A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Offaly, Ireland
Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.
Galway, Ireland
The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Evionnaz, Switzerland
World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.
Bedford, Indiana
One-layer pyramid in Indiana.
Evansville, Indiana
Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Mejorada del Campo, Spain
A huge cathedral single-handedly constructed by one eccentric monk.
Örencik, Turkey
This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.
Paris, France
The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.
Paris, France
This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.
Roubaix, France
Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.