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A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

Legend says entire herds of cattle have disappeared within this boulder-strewn landscape.

Home of the world's largest crocodile.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

Australia's largest collection of rare and bizarre insects.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.