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New York, New York

Museum of Sex

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
Added by Henry
New York, New York

New York's Hidden Tropical Forest

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
New York, New York

The Evolution Store

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Added by mbison
Paris, France

LaBeL RéCuP'

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.
Added by Worldtrvlr
Paris, France

Le Musee des Moulages

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.
Added by CPilgrim
Paris, France

Lion of The Botanical Gardens

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.
Laetitia Barbier Added by Laetitia Barbier
Paris, France

Deyrolle Taxidermy

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Added by mbison
Paris, France

Carousel of Extinct and Endangered Animals

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.
Allison Added by Allison
Paris, France

Au Bonheur du Jour

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
Paris, France

Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
philoursmars Added by philoursmars
Paris, France

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Allison Added by Allison
Paris, France

Petite Ceinture

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Allison Added by Allison
Berlin, Germany

Carillon Berlin-Tiergarten

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.
jfrank Added by jfrank
Berlin, Germany

Friedrichsfelde Socialist Cemetery

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.
themirroredroom Added by themirroredroom
Berlin, Germany

Marx and Engels Forum

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
lostlara Added by lostlara
Berlin, Germany

Prinzessinnengarten

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.
lukefater Added by lukefater
Berlin, Germany

Fliegeberg

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
azrealumbra Added by azrealumbra
Berlin, Germany

Buchstabenmuseum

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.
Added by sonambula
Berlin, Germany

The DDR Museum

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Berlin, Germany

Museum of Unheard of Things

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Berlin, Germany

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Berlin, Germany

Design Panoptikum

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.
Berlin, Germany

Berlin Botanical Garden

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Berlin, Germany

Monsterkabinett

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.