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Broome, Australia

Sun Pictures

The oldest operating picture gardens in the world.
Paisley, Scotland

Fountain Gardens

Paisley's oldest open green space contains a rather ostentatious fountain at its center.
Monterrey, Mexico

'Espíritu de Luz'

This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.
San Francisco, California

Showgirl Magic Museum

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.
Punta Arenas, Chile

Museo de Historia Natural Río Seco

A gorgeous and extensive collaboration between biologists and artists, displaying skeletons and other animal remnants in lifelike poses.
Tokyo, Japan

Shibamata Taishakuten's Sculpture Gallery

A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.
Madrid, Spain

House of the Seven Chimneys

Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.
Carmarthen, Wales

Merlin's Oak

Associated with the famous wizard, it is said that when this oak tree falls, so will the town.
Washington, D.C.

Silver Lyan

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.
Wolfsburg, Germany

Wolfsburg Autostadt

Volkswagen's dedicated museum dives into the complex history of one of the world's best known cars.
Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain

Pedreres de s’Hostal

An old quarry transformed into a recreational and cultural space.
New Delhi, India

Leo Tolstoy Monument, Janpath

A commemoration of the little-known cultural influence that Tolstoy had on India.
Girona, Spain

Pont de les Peixateries Velles (Eiffel Bridge)

Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.
Pune, India

Shree Ganesh Darshan Museum

Located within a temple complex, this museum has a fantastic collection of around 500 idols of Lord Ganesh.
Portugal

Bacalhôa Buddha Eden

Explore a remarkable 35-hectare sculpture garden located an hour outside of Lisbon.
Mölndal, Sweden

The Waterfall of Kvarnbyn Mölndal

Once the center of power for the region's various factories.
Lakewood, Colorado

Rocky Mountain Punk

An artist-run shop filled with art inspired by and made from nature.
Reykjavik, Iceland

Einar Jónsson Museum

An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.
San Diego, California

Bum and Bobby

These two K-9 memorials commemorate the sister cities of Edinburgh and San Diego.
Bemposta, Spain

Ciudad de los Muchachos

The ruins of the second-largest circus school in the world.
Bruges, Belgium

The Devil's Pants

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.
Niagara Falls, Ontario

The Tunnel at Niagara Parks Power Station

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.
Paris, France

Les Abattoirs de Vaugirard

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.
Pécel, Hungary

Ráday Palace

A seemingly unassuming palace near Budapest hides a stupendously decorated hall.