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An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

The knock-off oil painting capital of the world.

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.

Inside this museum is an ongoing excavation of an ancient shipwreck.

Man-made waterfall is the tallest in Mainland China.

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.

China's monumental dinosaur museum featuring an open dig site.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.