Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Elephant Clock
A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.
Dunedin, New Zealand
Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.
Oda, Japan
"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.
Boudry, Switzerland
This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.
Le Locle, Switzerland
An amazing clockwork museum in the Val de Travers holds examples of various prestigious legacies horological history.
Besançon, France
One of the world's most complex timepieces.
Clare, Ireland
A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.
Glenslane, Ireland
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
Blois, France
A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
New York, New York
A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.
Boulder, Colorado
The clock that sets them all.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
Dienersdorf, Austria
"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
South San Francisco, California
A large instrument played by the wind.
Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.