Heidelberg, Germany
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Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
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Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Regensburg, Germany
This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.
Sasbachwalden, Germany
You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.
Dresden, Germany
In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Oud-Zuilen, Netherlands
This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
Franeker, Netherlands
Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.
Lucknow, India
Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
One extremely determined man's homemade universe.
Toldijk, Netherlands
An impressive array of unique homemade planetariums.
Munich, Germany
A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.
Topeka, Kansas
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Conil de la Frontera, Spain
This centuries-old tower hosts endangered bald ibis mating pairs and looms over a pristine beach.
Dresden, Germany
The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.
Rochester, New York
Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.
Tokyo, Japan
Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.
Kyoto, Japan
The first location of the eventual video game giant.
Kungsbacka, Sweden
A statue of the heroic plumber stands outside a company that bluffed its way into being Nintendo’s Scandinavian distributor.
Edina, Minnesota
Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.