Edinburgh, Scotland
Surgeons' Hall Museums
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Florence, Italy
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Rome, Italy
In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Zhangye Shi, China
These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.
Banff, Alberta
A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.
Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia
Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.
Bankhead, Alberta
The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.
Berriedale, Australia
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Berlin, Germany
A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.
East Warburton, Australia
Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.
Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
Seoul, South Korea
South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.
Mount Barry, Australia
The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.
Melbourne, Australia
An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.
Adelaide, Australia
Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.
Helsinki, Finland
A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
London, England
A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.
London, England
A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.