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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wanamaker Building

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Cologne, Germany

Church of St. Ursula

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Vienna, Austria

Josephinum Medical Museum

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.
Florence, Italy

The Relic of St. Antoninus

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Rye, Colorado

Bishop Castle

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Budapest, Hungary

Szabo Ervin Library

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.
Prague, Czechia

Museum of Miniatures

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.
Prague, Czechia

Strahov Monastery

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Beatenberg, Switzerland

St. Beatus Cave

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.
Wiscasset, Maine

Musical Wonder House

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).
Salzburg, Austria

Zwerglgarten (Dwarf Garden)

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.
Vienna, Austria

Kriminalmuseum

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Agriculture Museum

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.
Sibiu, Romania

Pharmacy Museum of Sibiu

A stunning 18th century pharmacy and medieval chemist's collection.
Morristown, New Jersey

Morris Museum

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wagner Free Institute

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania

Haines Shoe House

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Franeker, Netherlands

Eisinga Planetarium

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.
Garni, Armenia

Garni Gorge

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.
Remouchamps, Belgium

Caves of Remouchamps

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.
Baraboo, Wisconsin

Circus World Museum

A large circus museum with summer performances.
Ry, Denmark

Himmelbjerget

Denmark's famous pseudo-hill.