Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.
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Schaffhausen, Switzerland
This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.
Rathen, Germany
This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.
Basel, Switzerland
The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.
Bamberg, Germany
A local museum honors the history of Bamberg’s unique cultural heritage: growing crops in the heart of the city.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Tolochenaz, Switzerland
The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.
Neuheim, Switzerland
These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.
Lausanne, Switzerland
A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.
Lausanne, Switzerland
Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.
Zurich, Switzerland
Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.
Bern, Switzerland
An amazing collection of rare wind instruments where visitors can give the iconic Swiss Alphorn a toot.
Ostermundigen, Switzerland
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
Bern, Switzerland
This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.
Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
A 13th-century Swiss castle houses a collection of artifacts from the Polish diaspora.
Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland
150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.
Gränichen, Switzerland
The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.
Ennenda, Switzerland
The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.
Bad Schlema, Germany
Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.
Altenburg, Germany
An incredibly well-preserved barbershop from the 1920s was transformed into a tiny local museum.
Altenburg, Germany
This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.
Chemnitz, Germany
One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.
Pilsen, Czechia
Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.
Bad Schandau, Germany
An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.