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Vienna, Austria

Ankeruhr

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.
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Vienna, Austria

Vienna Cloth Measures

These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.
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Vienna, Austria

Hundertwasser's Odd Architecture

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.
Vienna, Austria

Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
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Vienna, Austria

Naturhistorisches Museum

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
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Potsdam, Germany

Tip of Mount Kilimanjaro

A stone from Africa's tallest peak is immortalized in a Potsdam palace—but is it actually the mountaintop?
Added by mattigeyer
Sakai Ward, Japan

Daisen Kofun

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.
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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Quarantainestation Heijplaat (Heijplaat Quarantine Center)

A 20th-century naval quarantine center is now a local park.
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Zoetermeer, Netherlands

National Videogame Museum

A multi-story, retro videogame time capsule in the Netherlands.
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Leiden, Netherlands

Het Roze Huisje (Pink House)

This 17th-century house has a long and colorful history.
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Leiden, Netherlands

Israël Kiek Memorial

A memorial commemorating the man whose name became synonymous with taking a picture in the Netherlands.
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L'Agulhas, South Africa

Cape Agulhas Marker

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.
Added by hm1945
Leiden, Netherlands

Anatomisch Museum Leiden

Some of the specimens on display at the Leiden University Medical Center have been helping educate physicians since the 17th century.
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Heidelberg, Germany

Hochwassermarken

Lines on the pillar of Heidelberg's Karl-Theodor Bridge record the dramatic heights of past floods.
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Beijing, China

Working People's Cultural Palace

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.
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Leuven, Belgium

Heilige Geestcollege

Where George Lemaître discovered the expanding nature of the universe.
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Lund, Sweden

Skissernas Museum

The Lund University's former gym houses a museum focusing on the creative process of art.
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Leuven, Belgium

The Hanging Gardens of Leuven

A monumental toilet that is also host to rare plants.
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Leuven, Belgium

Museum voor Dierkunde

This 19th-century zoological collection has withstood the test of time.
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Leuven, Belgium

'Primeval Atom'

An installation that makes understanding the size of the universe a walk in the park.
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Leuven, Belgium

Leuven Historical Measures

Though they might seem like arbitrary scratches in the wall, these were once official measures of length.
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Leuven, Belgium

'Snow Whites' of Leuven

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.
Added by duncanchappell
Leuven, Belgium

The Inventor of Time Travel Plaque

Above the door of a house, a plaque claims to commemorate the future living place of the inventor of time travel.
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Heidelberg, Germany

Robert Bunsen Statue

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.
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