Bergen, Norway
Hulen in Bergen
This student-run nightclub was originally a World War II bomb shelter.
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Bergen, Norway
This student-run nightclub was originally a World War II bomb shelter.
Le Locle, Switzerland
Water mills built into a cave in the 17th century are powered by a subterranean river.
Welham Green, England
A monument to early air travel and an unhappy cat.
Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Iguanas roam in a lagoon inside a volcanic crater that erupted more than 2200 years ago.
Gubbio, Italy
The largest known wine barrel of the medieval era is visible from the street in Gubbio.
Tualatin, Oregon
A public library display of fossils from the ice age.
St. Augustine, Florida
The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.
Darmstadt, Germany
A library in Germany displays a likeness that some believe is William Shakespeare.
Annapolis, Maryland
Remnant of a largely forgotten struggle over resource scarcity.
Gustavus, Alaska
Crash site of a US National Guard C-47B plane that attempted to land at Gustavus airport in 1957 in bad weather.
Lilly, Pennsylvania
This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.
London, England
A statue for a zoo that was never built.
Iceland
These unique and ever-changing caves are a wonder of Iceland.
Ses Salines, Spain
Thousands of rare and sculptural desert plants are cultivated in a surreal, open-air landscape unlike anything else on Mallorca.
La Oliva, Spain
This kaleidoscopic house may be the most bizarre on the island of Fuerteventura.
Kořenov, Czechia
In a lighthouse by a vanished sea stands a museum for a man who never existed.
Dalat, Vietnam
Under a breathtaking Buddhist temple in Vietnam is a basement exhibit that takes visitors to hell and back.
Easton, England
Amid the ruins of a church on the British island of Portland, a surprising symbol among the headstones.
Tabor, Czechia
Hidden tunnels have sheltered the people of a Czech town for centuries.
Belouizdad, Algeria
Cave in which Miguel de Cervantes hid while trying to escape captivity in Algiers.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.
Boston Bar, British Columbia
A construction mishap at this narrows on the Fraser River rendered it impassable to many migrating fish species, with international consequences.
Paris, France
A treasure trove of audio technology, from wax cylinders to juke boxes and record players.
Riga, Latvia
See an anatomy teaching collection assembled in the 1920s and 1930s.