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Hrastovlje, Slovenia

Danse Macabre of Hrastovlje

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

samuelhardman

Added by samuelhardman

Pula Arena

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Pillar of Shame

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Sea Organ

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Dylan

Zagreb, Croatia

Nine Views

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

SamM

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb's Museum of Broken Relationships

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Zagreb, Croatia

Museum of Mushrooms

This only museum in the world dedicated solely to mushrooms.

Added by krambo

Zagreb, Croatia

Croatian Museum of Naïve Art

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

leiris

Added by leiris

Zagreb, Croatia

Zrinjevac Meteorological Column

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

Pierpaolo Ferlaino

Added by Pierpaolo Ferlaino

Podgarić, Croatia

Podgaric Monument

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

serflac

Added by serflac

Froggyland

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

Added by rmb3223

The Troll Hole

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

Added by soulcatcher

Leetonia Beehive Coke Ovens

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

Added by elisabethrnelson

World's Oldest Basketball Court

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Cannonball of the Hotel de Sens

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

'Les Spécialistes' Fake Door

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

Simon Jones

Added by Simon Jones

Montmartre Cemetery

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Musée des Arts et Métiers

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Added by mbison

London, England

Yeoman Warders Club

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Meg

The Heart of Voltaire

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Dylan

Salvador Dalí Sundial

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Allison

Added by Allison

Foucault's Pendulum

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Dampo

Harry's New York Bar

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Added by meelar