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Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

The Bone Room

Berkeley, California

Bärengraben

Berne, Switzerland

Greenpoint Reformed Church and Mystery Tile

Brooklyn, New York

Neuschwanstein Castle

Schwangau, Germany

Well of Shadows

Battambang, Cambodia
Dr. Mega Volt in the Palace of Fine Arts dome, Nov 2009

Exploratorium

San Francisco, California

Saint Catherine of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

National Atomic Testing Museum

Las Vegas, Nevada

St. Valentine's Day Massacre Wall

Las Vegas, Nevada

Neon Boneyard

Las Vegas, Nevada
The sign welcoming visitors to the Red Rock National Conservation Area.

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Las Vegas, Nevada

North Brooklyn Community Boat Club

Brooklyn, New York

McPherson and Rutherford Physics Collections

Montreal, Canada
(Flickr/dvdhaven :-))

Hallgrimskirkja

Reykjavik, Iceland

Mosquito Bay

Vieques, Puerto Rico
Madison Boulder Natural Area in Madison, New Hampshire, USA

Madison Boulder

Madison, New Hampshire
Skulls

Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau

Phnom Sampov, Cambodia

Semmelweis Medical Museum

Budapest, Hungary
Paxton Gate Exterior

Paxton Gate

San Francisco, California

America's Oldest Operating Theater

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Flickr/greenbird_ontree)

Phnom Penh Memorial Stupa

Phnom Penh , Cambodia
Mummified head of a murderer with blond hair

Kriminalmuseum

Vienna, Austria
Lion taxidermy in the Trophy Room

Explorers Club Headquarters

New York City, New York

The Narrenturm

Vienna, Austria
The Rococo double sarcophagus of Emperor Franz I Stephan and his wife Empress Maria Theresa by sculptor Balthasar Ferdinand Moll.

Hapsburg Imperial Crypt

Vienna, Austria

Minyatür’s Nautical Instruments

Istanbul, Turkey

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

Hanoi, Vietnam

Galileo's Middle Finger

Florence, Italy

St. Sebastian’s Cemetery

Salzburg, Austria

Cowgirl Hall of Fame

Fort Worth, Texas

Paper House

Rockport, Massachusetts

Dom Museum's Kunst und Wunderkammer

Salzburg, Austria

Josephinium Medical Museum

Vienna, Austria

Esperanto Museum

Wiener Neustadt, Austria
1920s Subway Car complete with ceiling fansPhoto by Curious Expeditions

New York Transit Museum

Brooklyn, New York

Bakken Museum of Electro-Magnetism

Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Flickr/Curious Expeditions)

Taródi Vár

Sopron, Hungary

Mütter Museum

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Warren Anatomical Museum

Boston, Massachusetts
Wall detail

Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"

Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
Neat mineral display

Helsinki University Museum 'Arppeanum'

Helinski, Finland
The Water-Powered Mechanical Theater with nearly 200 moving wood carvings

Schloss Hellbrunn

Salzburg, Austria

Naturhistorisches Museum

Matten bei Interlaken, Switzerland

The Child Eater of Bern

Bern, Switzerland

Naturhistorisches Museum

Vienna, Austria
A typical tunnel entrance, barely wide enough to fit one's shoulders through.

Cu Chi Tunnels

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Mummies of Vác, Hungary

Vác, Hungary

Wagner Free Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Golden Eagle Pharmacy Museum

Budapest, Hungary
Bucket of Teeth

Historical Dental Museum

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Geological (it should be Geographical) Marker

45 X 90 Geographical Marker

Poniatowski, Wisconsin

The Lost Garden of Schloss Schonbrunn

Vienna, Austria
The Camera Obscura at the San Francisco Cliff House reflects the scene from Seal Rock Beach down into the darkened interior

Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection

San Francisco, California

Ruins of Yugoslav Army Headquarters

Belgrade, Serbia

The Winchester Mystery House

San Jose, California

Dead Horse Bay

Brooklyn
Coin-Operated Orchestra Machine with Little Men Playing Bells

Musical Wonder House

Wiscasset, Maine

The Relic of St. Antoninus

Florence, Italy

Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

György Ràth Museum

Budapest, Hungary
Tiny drawers for herbs

Pharmacy Museum of Sibiu

Sibiu, Romania

St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head

Siena, Italy
(Michelle Enemark CC Attribution Share Alike)

Newtown Creek Nature Walk

Brooklyn, New York

Pulaski Bridge

New York, New York
Fire at the Biosphere

Biosphere of Montreal

Montreal, Canada

Notre Dame Basilica

Montreal, Canada

Griffith Observatory's Tesla Coil

Los Angeles, California

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library

Vienna, Austria

La Specola Anatomical Collection

Florence, Italy

The Ether Dome

Boston, Massachusetts

Masonic Temple of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Blue Lagoon; big-ashb/Photographer

Blue Lagoon

Grindavík, Iceland

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ceiling Ship

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel -The Sailors' Church

Montreal, Canada
Norry étiquette. (R. Seuffert/Atlas Obscura)

Bamboo Trains

Batdambang, Cambodia

Hospice of the Innocents - Ospedale degli Innocenti

Florence, Italy

Musee Mecanique

San Francisco, California

The Highline

New York City, New York
Mammal Room

Hanoi Zoological Museum - Bao tang Dong vat

Hanoi, Vietnam
Side of Harry's Occult Shop.

Harry's Occult Shop

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The huge Philosophical Hall

Strahov Monastery

Prague, Czech Republic

Arecibo Observatory

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel

Brooklyn, New York

Morris Museum

Morristown, New Jersey

Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory

Brooklyn , New York
The region of Cappadocia (Capadokya) is located in central Turkey, and is the setting for one of the strangest landscapes in the world. The deep valleys and soaring rock formations are volcanic rock formations, slowing eroding away to create the strange "Fairy Chimneys" (so called because locals thought they were so magical and extraordinary that only fairies could have created them). Many of these fairy chimneys have been hollowed out by industrious ancient people, who created homes, chapels, tombs and pigeon houses from the soft, carve-able rock. They also tunneled below, creating underground cities, some 8 stories down.

Cappadocia

Turkey

Icelandic Phallological Museum

Reykjavík, Iceland
336 ancient columns

Basilica Cisterns of Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey
Augustinian Friar's Astrological Clock - one of the hands takes 20,000 years to revolve.

Clock Museum

Vienna, Austria
Wall of boars, guns, antlers and skulls

The "August von Spiess" Museum of Hunting

Sibiu, Romania

Manhattan Avenue Street End Park

Brooklyn, New York

Zwerglgarten - Dwarf Garden

Salzburg, Austria
Faded Pepsi Sign

Pepsi Bottling Plant

Battambang, Cambodia
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Globe Museum

Vienna, Austria

The Holy Right

Budapest, Hungary

Ta Prohm

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Buckhorn Exchange

Denver, Colorado
The wunderkammer-esque cathedral treasury of remains

Dubrovnik Cathedral Treasury (Riznica Katedrale)

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Glass Flowers at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Salon style wall

Gotan Maailma

Helsinki, Finland

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czech Republic
A microscope focused on the leg of a mosquito - marching across it is a near invisible menagerie of colorful animals, from cheetahs to giraffes to elephants.

Museum of Miniatures

Prague, Czech Republic

Budapest Cave Church

Budapest, Hungary
Philosophical Reading Room

Szabo Ervin Library

Budapest, Hungary
Ladder into the diving well

Ruins of the Sutro Baths

San Francisco, California

Mapparium

Boston, Massachusetts
Paul Revere House from the street

The Paul Revere House

Boston, Massachusettes
From Shell Road under the IND Culver Line. (Wikimedia Commons)

Coney Island Creek

New York City, New York

Ružica Church

Belgrade, Serbia
Forensic Museum

Siriraj Medical Museum

Bangkok, Thailand
The Taxidermy Room

Zoological Museum

Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Elektotechnikai Múzeum

Budapest, Hungary

House on the Rock

Spring Green, Wisconsin
St. Wilgefortis

Statue of St. Wilgefortis

Prague, Czech Republic

Bologna Zoological Museum

Bologna, Italy

Bologna's Instituti di Anatomia Umana Normale

Bologna, Italy

Relics in the Basilica of San Dominico

Bologna, Italy
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Grip the Raven

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Booktower Rotunda

The National Library of Finland

Helsinki, Finland
The interior of Hang Sung Sot.

Hang Sung Sot

Vietnam
Arthur Ganson's work on display at the MIT Museum. (Press Photo)

MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Rathaus-Glockenspiel

Munich, Germany
Municipal heating plant, Vienna

Hundertwasser's Odd Architecture

Vienna, Austria
The Morbid Anatomy LIbrary

Morbid Anatomy Library

Brooklyn, New York
Beautiful Cave Entrance

St. Beatus Cave

Beatenberg, Switzerland
Apothecary jars in main room

Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy

Florence, Italy
Curio Cabinet

Museum of Natural and Other Curiosities

Hartford, Connecticut

Stephansdom Crypt

Vienna, Austria

Evolution Nature Store

New York City, New York
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Puffin

The Moore Lab of Zoology

Los Angeles, California
50-foot waterfalls flow into Hamilton Pool, adding to the natural spring during the wet season.

Hamilton Pool

Austin, Texas
(WikiCommons)

Huanglong Travertine Terraces

Huanglong, China

Hill of Crosses

Meškuičių, Lithuania

Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

St Johnsbury, Vermont

Franz Gsellmann's Weltmaschine

Kaag, Austria

Le Musee des Moulages

Paris, France
Varlaam Monastery

Meteora

Meteora, Greece

Belhaven Memorial Museum

Belhaven, North Carolina

Hanging Temple of Hengshan

Shanxi, China
Alfred Denny Museum in the 1930s

Alfred Denny Museum

Sheffield, England

Saint Roch Chapel

New Orleans, Louisiana

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivian Salt Flat

Bolivia
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Basilica di San Clemente

Rome, Italy
Linderhof

Linderhof Palace

Ettal, Germany

Guiyu

Guiyu, China
Widely spaced slats

The Vine Bridges of Iya Valley

Shikoku, Japan

Neuschwanstein Castle

Schwangau, Germany
Oldest Vacuum in collection the "Busy Bee" was operated by husband and wife.

The Vacuum Cleaner Museum

Portland, Oregon
Inspiration Stump

Lily Dale Spiritualist Community

Lily Dale, New York

Waldspirale

Darmstadt, Germany
Bok Tower

Bok Tower Gardens

Lake Wales, Florida

Labyrint Drielandenpunt

Vaals, Netherlands
Lucy

Lucy the Elephant

Margate, New Jersey

Well of Shadows

Battambang, Cambodia

Nan Madol Ruins

Nan Madol , Federated States of Micronesia

Floralis Generica

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Saint Catherine of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

The Thing

benson /Dragoon, Arizona

Wunderkammer

Melbourne, Australia

McPherson and Rutherford Physics Collections

Montreal, Canada
The amazingly intricate pliers tree

Warther Museum

Dover, Ohio

The Chair That Grew

Embarrass, Wisconsin
A 1 in 20 year capture of the tubes with water, seeped in from the rising water table.

Undara Lava Tubes

Australia
Hall of Hunting

Budapest Agriculture Museum

Budapest, Hungary

Pylons of Messina

Messina, Italy
Skulls

Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau

Phnom Sampov, Cambodia
View of the museum bar

H.R. Giger Museum

Gruyére, Switzerland
Paxton Gate Exterior

Paxton Gate

San Francisco, California
Tanuki Figures

Awashima Jinja

Kato, Japan

Paronella Park

Mena Creek, Australia

Mapimí Silent Zone

Mexico, Mexico

Eden Camp

Malton, England

Mustard Museum

Middleton, Wisconsin

Minyatür’s Nautical Instruments

Istanbul, Turkey
Hobo Museum

The Hobo Museum

Britt , Iowa
View from the street

Defenestration

San Francisco, California
Skvader

Biologiska Museet

Sweden
The temple by night

Templo de Debod

Madrid, Spain

Josephinium Medical Museum

Vienna, Austria

Battle Hill Museum of Natural History

Battle Creek, Iowa

Roppongi Hills Garden Pond

Minato, Japan
Glacial Grooves

Kelley's Island Glacial Grooves

Kelleys Island, Ohio

Albany Bulb

Berkeley, California

Delabole Slate Quarry

Delabole, England

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Shillong, India
The Water-Powered Mechanical Theater with nearly 200 moving wood carvings

Schloss Hellbrunn

Salzburg, Austria
Crypt of the Three Skeletons

Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts

Rome, Italy

Deyrolle Taxidermy

Paris, France

The Paris Market

Savannah, Georgia

Summum Pyramid

Salt Lake City, Utah

Wagner Free Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(redbat/Flickr)

Art House

Centrailia, Washington

Humboldt Museum

Winnemucca, Nevada

Dead Horse Bay

Brooklyn
Entrance to the Building

Pohjola

Helsinki, Finland

Abita Mystery House

Abita Springs, Louisiana
Coin-Operated Orchestra Machine with Little Men Playing Bells

Musical Wonder House

Wiscasset, Maine

Dougherty Museum

Longmont, Colorado

First Natural Lanzart

The Hague, The Netherlands

Vent Haven Museum

Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
Tiny drawers for herbs

Pharmacy Museum of Sibiu

Sibiu, Romania

Blythe Intaglios

Blythe, California

Marfa Lights

Marfa, Texas
Fire at the Biosphere

Biosphere of Montreal

Montreal, Canada

Notre Dame Basilica

Montreal, Canada

The Garret

Bloomington, Indiana

Redpath Museum

Montreal, Canada

Chittagong Ship-breaking Yards

Chittagong, Bangladesh
View of part of the Village

Bekonscot Model Village

Beaconsfield, England
Ceiling Ship

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel -The Sailors' Church

Montreal, Canada

The Headington Shark

Headington, England

Buchstabenmuseum / Museum of Letters, Characters and Typefaces

Berlin, Germany

Palace of wonders

Washington, District Of Columbia
The World's Smallest Mummy

Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato

Guanajuato Capital, Mexico
The Mary Nohl "Witch's House", Fox Point, WI.

Mary Nohl House

Fox Point, Wisconsin

Morris Museum

Morristown, New Jersey

Himmelbjerget

Ry, Denmark

Museum of Man and Science

Johannesburg, South Africa

Icelandic Phallological Museum

Reykjavík, Iceland
Wall of boars, guns, antlers and skulls

The "August von Spiess" Museum of Hunting

Sibiu, Romania

Zwerglgarten - Dwarf Garden

Salzburg, Austria

Blue Cave of Bisevo

Bisevo Island, Croatia

The Museum of Witchcraft

Boscastle, England

Traverse City State Hospital

Traverse City, Michigan

The Dequindre Cut Greenway

Detroit, Michigan

Ueno Zoo Escaped Animal Drill

Tokyo, Japan

The Gurdon Light

Gurdon, Arkansas

Hessdalen AMS

Hessdalen, Norway

Shoe House

Hellam, Pennsylvania

Le Chêne Chapelle – The Chapel Oak

Allouville-Bellefosse, France
The wunderkammer-esque cathedral treasury of remains

Dubrovnik Cathedral Treasury (Riznica Katedrale)

Dubrovnik, Croatia
Salon style wall

Gotan Maailma

Helsinki, Finland

Out & About Treehouse Treesort

Cave Junction, Oregon
Forensic Museum

Siriraj Medical Museum

Bangkok, Thailand
Tempelhof postcard, ca early 1960's

Tempelhof Airport

Berlin, Germany

Crystal Grottoes Caverns

Boonsboro, Maryland
The Taxidermy Room

Zoological Museum

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

House on the Rock

Spring Green, Wisconsin
St. Wilgefortis

Statue of St. Wilgefortis

Prague, Czech Republic
Booktower Rotunda

The National Library of Finland

Helsinki, Finland

The Pitch Drop Experiment

Brisbane, Australia
Beautiful Cave Entrance

St. Beatus Cave

Beatenberg, Switzerland

The Henry Miller Memorial Library

BigSur, California

Nautilus Antiques and Old Oddities

Torino, Italy

East Bay Vivarium

Berkeley, California

Giant Rock

landers, California

Curtain of Fire

Hawai'i Island, Hawaii
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Otzi the Iceman

Bolzano, Italy

Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Waikato, New Zealand
Edgar Allan Poe's Basement

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chocolate Hills

Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan, Philippines
Linderhof

Linderhof Palace

Ettal, Germany

Bijbels Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands
The final chamber of the Fleet Sewer.

The Lost River Fleet

London, England

Neuschwanstein Castle

Schwangau, Germany

Colour Experience Museum

Bradford, England

Jindo-Modo Landbridge

Jindo, South Korea

Labyrint Drielandenpunt

Vaals, Netherlands

Well of Shadows

Battambang, Cambodia
Underground Cathedral (Flickr/magro kr)

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Wieliczka, Poland

Kolmanskop Ghost Town

Luderitz, Namibia

Saint Catherine of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

McPherson and Rutherford Physics Collections

Montreal, Canada

Holy Land, U.S.A.

Waterbury, Connecticut

Church of St. Ursula

Cologne, Germany

The Chair That Grew

Embarrass, Wisconsin
Hall of Hunting

Budapest Agriculture Museum

Budapest, Hungary
Skulls

Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau

Phnom Sampov, Cambodia
Mummified head of a murderer with blond hair

Kriminalmuseum

Vienna, Austria
Known as a "Zip Tube" this carries the book requests down to the stacks many floors below.

Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library

Manhattan, New York

Eden Camp

Malton, England

Minyatür’s Nautical Instruments

Istanbul, Turkey

Giant's Causeway

Portballintrae, Northern Ireland

Galileo's Middle Finger

Florence, Italy

Eisriesenwelt (The World of Ice Giants)

Werfen, Austria

Josephinium Medical Museum

Vienna, Austria

Shibam Hadhramaut

Shibam, Yemen

Cotswold Olimpicks

Chipping Campden, England
Neat mineral display

Helsinki University Museum 'Arppeanum'

Helinski, Finland

Wagner Free Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bucket of Teeth

Historical Dental Museum

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Geological (it should be Geographical) Marker

45 X 90 Geographical Marker

Poniatowski, Wisconsin

Zymoglyphic Museum

San Mateo, California

Dead Horse Bay

Brooklyn
Entrance to the Building

Pohjola

Helsinki, Finland
Coin-Operated Orchestra Machine with Little Men Playing Bells

Musical Wonder House

Wiscasset, Maine

The Relic of St. Antoninus

Florence, Italy

The Torture Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tiny drawers for herbs

Pharmacy Museum of Sibiu

Sibiu, Romania

Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies

San Jose, California
Fire at the Biosphere

Biosphere of Montreal

Montreal, Canada

Notre Dame Basilica

Montreal, Canada

Redpath Museum

Montreal, Canada

Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew

Sisaket, Thailand

John Lennon Statue

Havana, Cuba
Ceiling Ship

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel -The Sailors' Church

Montreal, Canada

The Headington Shark

Headington, England

Hospice of the Innocents - Ospedale degli Innocenti

Florence, Italy
Mammal Room

Hanoi Zoological Museum - Bao tang Dong vat

Hanoi, Vietnam
The huge Philosophical Hall

Strahov Monastery

Prague, Czech Republic

Urup Island

Bishop Castle

Custer County, Colorado

Morris Museum

Morristown, New Jersey

Himmelbjerget

Ry, Denmark

Eartha

Yarmouth, Maine
Wall of boars, guns, antlers and skulls

The "August von Spiess" Museum of Hunting

Sibiu, Romania

Zwerglgarten - Dwarf Garden

Salzburg, Austria
Faded Pepsi Sign

Pepsi Bottling Plant

Battambang, Cambodia

Blue Cave of Bisevo

Bisevo Island, Croatia

Neptune's Grotto

Alghero, Italy

Shoe House

Hellam, Pennsylvania
Plaque

Great Boston Molasses Flood Plaque

Boston, Massachusetts
The wunderkammer-esque cathedral treasury of remains

Dubrovnik Cathedral Treasury (Riznica Katedrale)

Dubrovnik, Croatia
Salon style wall

Gotan Maailma

Helsinki, Finland

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czech Republic

Vanderbilt Museum

Centerport, New York
A microscope focused on the leg of a mosquito - marching across it is a near invisible menagerie of colorful animals, from cheetahs to giraffes to elephants.

Museum of Miniatures

Prague, Czech Republic
Philosophical Reading Room

Szabo Ervin Library

Budapest, Hungary

Mapparium

Boston, Massachusetts
Forensic Museum

Siriraj Medical Museum

Bangkok, Thailand
The Taxidermy Room

Zoological Museum

Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The Grand Court and Organ

Wanamaker Building

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Archipelago Cinema

Thailand
St. Wilgefortis

Statue of St. Wilgefortis

Prague, Czech Republic

Circus World Museum

Baraboo, Wisconsin
Booktower Rotunda

The National Library of Finland

Helsinki, Finland
The river Rubicon flowing through the cave

Caves of Remouchamps

Aywaille, Belgium
Beautiful Cave Entrance

St. Beatus Cave

Beatenberg, Switzerland

Sami

Greece
Apothecary jars in main room

Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy

Florence, Italy

Vlindertuin

Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Curio Cabinet

Museum of Natural and Other Curiosities

Hartford, Connecticut

The Relic of St. Silvan

Dubrovnik, Croatia
A cozy Dutch house on the outside

Eisinga Planetarium

Franeker, Netherlands

Curtain of Fire

Hawai'i Island, Hawaii

Garni Gorge

Gyumri, Armenia
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