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Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Zoological Museum

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.
Milan, Italy

San Bernardino alle Ossa

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
St. Charles, Illinois

Al Capone's Hideaway & Steakhouse

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.
Genoa, Colorado

The Wonder Tower

See six states, pickled freaks, rocks, and antiques.
Sers, France

Pic du Midi Observatory

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.
San Diego, California

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bruce Lee Sculpture of Mostar

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bascarsija

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
Lisbon, Portugal

Rhinoceros of Belem Tower

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.
Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik Maskeron

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.
Fort Mitchell, Kentucky

Vent Haven Museum

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.
London, England

Hunterian Museum

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
Lemgo, Germany

Karl Junker House

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.
Siena, Italy

St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
Seattle, Washington

'A Sound Garden'

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.
New Salem, North Dakota

Salem Sue

The world's largest Holstein cow.
San Francisco, California

1908 Cistern Circles

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.
New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.
Wuppertal, Germany

Schwebebahn Wuppertal

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Praid, Romania

Salina Praid

Gigantic Romanian salt mines used to heal respiratory conditions.
Scranton, Pennsylvania

Lackawanna Coal Mine

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.
Iron Township, Missouri

Elephant Rocks State Park

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.
Gruyères, Switzerland

H.R. Giger Museum

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Montenegro

Our Lady of the Rocks

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.