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The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.