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Bristol, England

Clifton Rocks Railway

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.
La Rochelle, France

Le Bunker De La Rochelle

Under the streets of La Rochelle, a former wartime bunker holds some surprising secrets.
Tucson, Arizona

Pima Air & Space Museum

Browse an impressive collection of passenger and military aircraft dating back to World War II.
Sponsored by Visit Tucson 2025
Bangkok, Thailand

Kid Mai Death Awareness Cafe

An immersive exhibition that meditates on death and life.
Helsinki, Finland

Old Bear Castles of Korkeasaari Zoo

These historical landmarks stand as reminders of the evolution of animal care and conservation.
Mexico City, Mexico

Laboratorio de Arte Alameda

A 16th-century convent became a contemporary art museum.
Glasgow, Scotland

Hunterian Zoology Museum

An extended zoological collection that doubles as a time capsule.
Sheffield, England

Sheffield Megatron

Explore these Victorian-era tunnels under a bustling train station.
Helsinki, Finland

Bullet Holes in the National Museum of Finland

The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.
Bad Muskau, Germany

‘Pineapple! The Queen of Fruits in Muskau Park’

This permanent exhibition showcases the historical significance and cultivation of pineapples.
Olomouc, Czechia

Bunker of Civil Defence (Kryt Civilní Ochrany)

This former atomic bunker is now the Olomouc Institute of Remembrance, telling stories of the communist era.
San Rafael, California

Museum of International Propaganda

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.
Bologna, Italy

Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica (International Museum and Library of Music)

Featuring one of the oldest collections of historic musical literature in the world.
Tokyo, Japan

Asukayama Park

Visit the cherry blossoms at Tokyo’s unofficial smallest mountain.
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Air Diamond Cafe

In a strip mall parking lot, an airplane with a cafe inside, flanked by a giant statue of Fred Flintstone.
Sandur, Faroe Islands

Gróthúsvatn’s Witch Rock

Every summer, women from this small Faroese island cover this specific stone with knitted graffiti.
Viterbo, Italy

Palazzo dei Papi (Palace of the Popes)

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.
Oost-, West- en Middelbeers, Netherlands

Imitation Airfield

This fake airfield was built as a decoy to protect a real airport from the Allied Forces.
Kagoshima, Japan

Jimesaa

Locals have put a new makeup on this strange statue every year since they unearthed it.
Dortmund, Germany

Steinwache

Former Gestapo prison turned memorial museum.
Fukuoka, Japan

Sanatorium - Wonder Museum Annex

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.
Nishiki, Japan

Nishiki Secret Base Museum

Secret tunnels leading to underground facilities lurk near the remains of a World War II-era Japanese Navy airbase.
Mexico City, Mexico

Xochimilco Raised Fields

These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.
Bontoc, Philippines

Ganga Caves

These caves are full of coffins, but we can't say who the bodies belong to.