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Montauk, New York

Camp Hero

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.
Rostock, Germany

Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock

A taxidermied stork with an arrow through its neck proved that birds migrate.
Oberwesel, Germany

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.
State College, Pennsylvania

Frost Entomological Museum

Penn State's giant bug collection.
Alliance, Nebraska

Carhenge

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Columbus, Georgia

Lunch Box Museum

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
Paris, France

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Stichting Nationaal Brilmuseum

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.
Shanghai, China

Shanghai Circus World

China's most famous acrobatics act.
Roswell, New Mexico

International UFO Museum and Research Center

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Franeker, Netherlands

Eisinga Planetarium

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.
Garni, Armenia

Garni Gorge

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.
Remouchamps, Belgium

Caves of Remouchamps

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.
Baraboo, Wisconsin

Circus World Museum

A large circus museum with summer performances.
Ettal, Germany

Linderhof Palace

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Schwangau, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."
Greece

Sami

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Vlindertuin

A garden of flying flowers.
Vallehermoso, Spain

The Whistling Island

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.
Independence, Missouri

Leila's Hair Museum

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw Fotoplastikon

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.
Mirny, Russia

Mir Diamond Mine

The world's second-largest excavated hole.
Lehi, Utah

Hutchings Museum Institute

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.