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The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

The ruins of Brisbane’s own Alcatraz now sit in the middle of a national park.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.

Some of the specimens on display at the Leiden University Medical Center have been helping educate physicians since the 17th century.

This memorial commemorates where a Japanese commander surrendered to Allied forces on September 3, 1945.

Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.

Visit the final resting place of a potential pirate at this historic burial site.

Nearly 200 prehistoric giants lurk among the trees at this theme park.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.

Thousands of graves lurk below the surface of this park.

Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.

An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.

The final resting place of soldiers who fell during the First and Second World Wars.

One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

A seaside cemetery honors the Commonwealth soldiers and sailors that died in Sierra Leone during World War I and II.

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.