Nuremberg, Germany
Historischer Kunstbunker
During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.
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Nuremberg, Germany
During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.
Bamberg, Germany
A local museum honors the history of Bamberg’s unique cultural heritage: growing crops in the heart of the city.
Bamberg, Germany
A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.
Yoshimi, Japan
This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.
Djibouti
A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.
Tadjourah, Djibouti
Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.
Afar Zone 1, Ethiopia
An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.
Munich, Germany
A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.
St. Gallen, Switzerland
This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.
Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany
A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.
Argenbühl, Germany
This mysterious cross appeared on a farmer's lawn in 1972 and has been attracting pilgrims ever since.
Teufen, Switzerland
Created by a pair of artists, this former hotel was designed to provide a minimum of everything including comfort.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.
Huntsville, Alabama
What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?
Dochula, Bhutan
The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Asnières-sur-Seine, France
The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.