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Junagadh, India

Mahabat Maqbara

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.
Added by wdp4
Jaipur, India

Hanuman’s Temple

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.
atimian Added by atimian
Rajsamand, India

The Great Wall of India

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.
Added by stevekirsch
Hampi, India

Hampi

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.
Added by Henry
Jaipur, India

Jantar Mantar

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Josh Added by Josh
Gheti, India

Shatrunjaya Hill

A mecca for India's Jains.
Alicia Bones Added by Alicia Bones
Chandigarh, India

Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Added by mbison
Jaipur, India

Jal Mahal

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Chris White Added by Chris White
Cherrapunjee, India

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
bertieinindia Added by bertieinindia
Abhaneri, India

Chand Baori

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Wernigerode, Germany

The Brocken

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.
Meg Added by Meg
Schwerin, Germany

Henry the Lion Monument

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.
Luis Morato Added by Luis Morato
Koblenz, Germany

Schängelbrunnen

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.
Added by pauldbentz
Böblingen, Germany

German Butcher's Museum

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Kehl, Germany

German Epilepsy Museum

First museum dedicated to the research and history of Epilepsy.
treeswithknees Added by treeswithknees
Koblenz, Germany

Augenroller (Eye Roller)

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.
Added by pauldbentz
Essen, Germany

Soul of Africa Museum

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Bingen, Germany

Stockschleifern

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Added by johndelatorre
Haigerloch, Germany

Atomkeller Museum

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.
Added by slartibartfass13
Ulm, Germany

The Museum of Bread Culture

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.
Kergin Added by Kergin
Schrobenhausen, Germany

European Asparagus Museum

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.
Nuremberg, Germany

Henkerhaus

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.
alleywaykid Added by alleywaykid
Flossenbürg, Germany

Flossenbürg Concentration Camp

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.
Ani Djaferian Added by Ani Djaferian
Hamburg, Germany

Herbertstraße

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Added by DoctorMoog42