Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Inside this church, a monument honors the first burial site of the famed philosopher.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.