Bern, Switzerland
The Child Eater of Bern
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
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Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
Ennenda, Switzerland
The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A legendary boxing venue and ring featured in Rocky V.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.
Montejo de Tiermes, Spain
The ruins of an ancient Celtiberian town with incredible rock-cut buildings and a Roman aqueduct.
Tikal, Guatemala
Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.
Mexico City, Mexico
The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.
Moscow, Russia
A 360 degree battlefield experience.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.
Moscow, Russia
Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.
Evenkiysky District, Russia
Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.
Shchyolkovo, Russia
Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.
Moscow, Russia
It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Moscow, Russia
Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Housed inside a replica church, its collection honors the Black community displaced by the Halifax government.
Shanghai, China
This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.
Strasbourg, France
This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.
Statesville, North Carolina
North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.