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Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Paris, France

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Mercator Museum

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.
Eyam, England

Eyam Plague Village Museum

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Hereford, England

Hereford Cathedral Chained Library

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.
England

Maunsell Army Sea Forts

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
London, England

Monument to Hodge the Cat

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
Corsham, England

Burlington Bunker

Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.
Massa Marittima, Italy

Massa Marittima Mural

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?
Cebu City, Philippines

Santo Niño de Cebú

A small statue of child Jesus given by Magellan in 1521
San Francisco, California

Research Departments, California Academy of Sciences

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.
Mill Valley, California

Nature Friends Tourist Club

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."
Osimo, Italy

Basilica of St. Joseph of Cupertino

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.
London, England

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Abstract dinosaur models in London.
Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

The Grave of Ernest Shackleton

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia

Caño Cristales

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."
Haspra, Crimea

The Swallow's Nest

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.
Peebles, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik Maskeron

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.
Chamoli, India

Skeletons of Roopkund Lake

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Clermont-Ferrand, France

Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
Berlin, Germany

Arthouse Tacheles

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston's Old Burying Grounds

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.