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Adelaide, Australia

South Australian Museum

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.
London, England

Wellcome Collection & Library

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
London, England

Difference Engine #2

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Nursery

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.
Titusville, Florida

NASA Vehicle Assembly Building

A building so large that it has its own weather.
Singapore

Haw Par Villa

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.
Gwynedd, Wales

Portmeirion Village

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
The Hague, Netherlands

Madurodam

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.
Postojna, Slovenia

Postojna Caves

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Schwangau, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."
Ettal, Germany

Linderhof Palace

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Chester, England

Chester Rows

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Katoomba, Australia

Three Sisters

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Dublin, Ireland

Dublin General Post Office

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.
Dresden, Germany

Dresden Frauenkirche

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.