An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

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

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.