Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, USA

Equipped with tanks totaling 30 million cubic meters of water and over a hundred thousand animals of 500 different species, this is considered one of the largest aquariums in the world.  Among its famous residents are the two giant whale sharks.

Atlantic Sea Park in Alesund, Norway

Considered one of the largest Scandinavian saltwater aquariums this amazing place has a spectacular outdoor area with a view directly to the Atlantic Ocean. In this aquarium is possible to touch some species and watch them being feed.

Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto, Canada

This aquarium is equipped with 5.7 million liters of marine and freshwater tanks transformed in its residents habitats. You can see more than 450 species from all over the world and also feel as if you are inside the ocean giving a walk through an amazing glass tunnel.

Dubai Mall Aquarium in Dubai, Arab Emirates

Apart from designers’ shops, this shopping center also offers its visitor an aquarium with 140 species of aquatic animals. It is considered one of the largest suspended aquariums in the world and it houses the largest collection of sand tiger sharks of the planet.

Lisbon Oceanarium in Lisbon Portugal

Considered the largest indoor aquarium in Europe, it has a large collection of marine species divided into a central larger tank and four other ones around it. All the thanks are houses of different habitats with their native flora and fauna.

Sea Life in London, England

House for more than 500 species and 2 million liters of water, the London Aquarium receives about one million visitors each year.  The place is divided into 14 themed zones with their native fauna e flora and it is very interactive.

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Stanley Hotel (Colorado, USA)

The fame of the hotel for hauntings is so big that the property was chosen to be the main location of The Shining by Stanley Kubrick. Several guests reported having heard pianos being played, doors slamming by themselves and voices coming from nowhere.

Langham Hotel (London, England)

According to guests that passed by this British hotel, this would be the home of several ghosts. Among them, a doctor who murdered his wife and then committed suicide, a man with a large wound on his face, a former employee of the hotel that walks in the hotel’s hall and even Napoleon II.

Roosevelt Hotel  (California, USA)

Located in California, in the United States, the hotel has a strong connection to Hollywood. It was in the hotel great hall where the first Oscar ceremony was held, for example. They say that stars like Montgomery Clit and Marilyn Monroe haunt the halls of the place.

Russell Hotel (Sydney, Australia)

One of the busiest hotels of Sydney, many guests choose to stay here because of the story of a sailor who has never checked out of the room 8, and  that, according to the staff, is always seen and heard in the hotel halls.

Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel (Alberta, Canada)

The hotel, which lies between the mountains in Canada, has two permanent ghosts. One of them, an old hotel doorman, and another was a bride who died on their wedding day, which would happen in the hotel. Several guests reported having met with the two ghosts.

Toftaholm Herrgard Hotel (Lagan, Sweden)

This Swedish hotel was owned by a rich baron. When he didn’t let a young man marry his daughter, the boy killed himself. According to those who have passed the spot, the boy stays in the room 324 and nowadays haunts guests on several occasions.

Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (Mumbai, India)

They say that the architect of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel was so upset because the building has been constructed wrong that he threw himself from the fifth floor of the hotel. Even today guest says to have met with the architect ghost in the halls of the site.

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Museo Subacuático de Arte – MUSA  (Cancun, Mexico)

Considered the largest museum of contemporary sculpture in the world, the MUSA  has about 500 life sized sculptures. The formation of the statues is such in order to protect the marine life around them providing shelter for the sea life.

Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park (Molinere, Grenada)

In this museum visitors can find 65 interesting sculptures entirely made of concrete and rebar. Every year more statues are add to the collection transforming the museum in a new place to explore even for the ones who have already been there.

Museo Atlantico (Lanzarote, Spain)

The first Europe’s underwater museum has about 400 sculptures spread in a 2.5000 square meters area. This museum features realist sculptures of people in different situations and it was designed by the same artist from the MUSA in Cancun.

Shipwreck Trail (Florida, USA)

Different from the other ones, the Shipwreck Trail was not something designed to be a museum. Actually, this is a cemetery with a dozen sunken ships created along three centuries of maritime accidents. The museum is located inside the Florida Keys Maritime Sanctuary and it is very well preserved.

Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut (Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea)

Also known as the “Alley of the Leaders” this museum features a unique collection of more than 50 sculptures and busts of former Soviet leaders and replicas of the most famous places in the world. Marx, Stalin and Lenin are side by side with the Eiffel Towers and the London Bridge.

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Strahov Library (Prague, Chez Republic)

Inside the Strahov Monastery, located in the top of a hill in Prague, hides an amazing Baroque library. It is composed of theology and philosophy rooms, arched and decorated with splendid details, huge wooden shelves, woodcarving masterpieces and a rich collection of religious books. In the corridor that connects the two rooms, it is exposed a “cabinet of curiosities” with naturalistic collections.

New York Public Library (New York, USA)

Considered one of the biggest libraries in the world, the New York Public Library houses about 50 million books and materials written in more than 300 languages and dialects. Apart of the incredible collection, visitors can appreciate the beautiful wooden furniture and the ceiling with a fresco all made with wood and gold details.

Trinity College Old Library (Dublin, Ireland)

Elected the most beautiful library in the world, the Old Library is located in the Trinity College campus, in the heart of Dublin. This is the library that has the largest collection of manuscripts and printed books of Ireland. The main room of the building is The Long Room, with two floors. There are stored the oldest books of the institution’s collection, about 200,000 titles.

Tripitaka Koreana (Gyeongsang , South Korea)

The Tripitaka Koreana is the most complete collection of Buddhist texts and it is stored in Haeinsa, a religious temple located in Gyeongsang Province. The place houses more than 80,000 wooden blocks weighing 3.2 kg each, including scriptures, laws and treaties and has been declared a UNESCO heritage site.

George Peabody Library (Baltimore, USA)

Founded in 1858, this library is formed by a collection of more than 300,000 titles, most of which date from the period between the 18th and 20th centuries. The building of the library is renowned for its impressive interior architecture, with balconies that rise dramatically to the skylight.

Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)

This nine floors library was inaugurated in 2011 with a modern and minimalist architecture. Each floor is dedicated for a specific subject: music, children, life, knowledge, world, literature and art.

Suzzallo Library (Seattle, USA)

Suzzallo Library is the central library of the University of Washington in Seattle, and perhaps the most recognizable building on the campus. Its Gothic style and size are what makes it so incredible in addition to the huge windows and details. In the main room, you can see many of the six million books available, all in good conditions.

Klementinum Library Hall (Prague, Chez Republic)

Built in 1722, this library is a perfect masterpiece of the Baroque architecture with beautiful wooden furniture and frescoes in the ceiling. The Clementinum houses about 20,000 books and it was considered for a long time the third largest Jesuit college in the world.

Royal Portuguese Reading Room (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Located in the center of Rio de Janeiro, the Royal Portuguese Reading Room has the largest and most valuable library of works by Portuguese authors outside Portugal. The reading room resembles a cathedral with walls lined with books and a big chandelier in the center.

Austrian National Library (Vienna, Austria)

Located in a spectacular Baroque building in the Hofburg Palace, the Austrian National Library has four museums and the largest collection of books in the country. Music lovers can check out the first compositions of masters of classical music, while literature buffs can spend time in a section of the library dedicated to rare books.

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Sacre-Coeur Basilica, Paris, France

Apart of being a beautiful postcard of the city, the Sacre-Coeur Basilica has one of the best views of Paris. Built between 1875 and 1914, the church is on top of the Montmartre hill, one of the highest and charming spots of the capital.

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Attracted by very famous works such as the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo, among more than 35,000 works of art from around the world, tourists make the Louvre the most visited museum on the planet. Symbolized by its modern glass pyramids, the Louvre is a dream for any art, history and culture lover.

St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican

Besides being one of the largest and most sacred Catholic sites, the Basilica of St. Peter is also one of the main tourist attractions in Europe. Marble columns, gold ornaments, paintings of angels, statues and works of important artists of the Renaissance, such as Michelangelo and Bernini, are some of the attractions of this beautiful basilica located in the city-state of Vatican.

Colosseum, Rome, Italy

When it was finished, in 80 AD, the Colosseum was an arena with seating for 50,000 spectators, where people came together to see plays, deadly fights between gladiators and even naval battles. Today, the monument is one of the most amazing traces of the Roman Empire and attracts tourists worldwide.

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

No monument on the planet symbolizes so much a city as the Eiffel Tower represents Paris. When the 324 meters high tower was erected in 1889, the inhabitants of the French capital did not like it to see this futuristic structure among the classical architecture of the city. Today, the work of Gustave Eiffel is inseparable from the City of Light and the view from its top is simply stunning.

Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

King Louis XVI did not think small when it came to transform his hunting property in the center of the power of French royalty. Situated about 40 minutes by train from Paris, the Versailles Palace is a lavish building that shows from its many details and beautiful gardens the extravagance of the kings of that time.

St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice, Italy

Masterpiece with five domes and impressive mosaics and walls, arches, columns and floor with many golden details, the Basilica of St. Mark’s is a good example of Byzantine art. The beauty of the basilica makes it the most visited monument of Venice, one of the cities with more tourists from Europe.

Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

Six minarets, domes and mosaics, with interior columns and arches are part of the beauty of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. Situated opposite the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque was built in the seventeenth century and is one of the main tourist landmarks of the Turkish city.

Natural History Museum, London, England

Situated in the South Kensington area, the Natural History Museum has more than 70 million items, including several specimens collected by Charles Darwin. Originally, the collection was part of the British Museum, but won its own space in 1881.

Sistine Chapel, Vatican

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by Michelangelo and is one of the greatest masterpieces of the artist, with the Creation, Adam and over three hundred other figures. Other Renaissance masters such as Botticelli, Perugino and Rosselli contributed to this wonderful chapel of the Vatican a single art gallery, much visited by tourists.

Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey

Initially erected in the year 537 as a basilica, Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque in 1453, when the minarets were added. Today, the beautiful building is a museum, and impresses by its giant dome.

National Gallery, London, England

The rich collection of European art from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries, the free entry and the privileged location (on Trafalgar Square), makes the National Gallery one of the most visited museums in London. Works by artists like Van Gogh, Gauguin and Botticelli are some examples that can be enjoyed by visitors.

Westminster Palace, London, England

The Palace of Westminster, better known today as the Houses of Parliament, is the oldest royal palace in London, a world heritage site and one of most recognized buildings in the world. Its most famous part is the Elizabeth Tower, place of the famous bell known as Big Ben.

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Alexandria, Egypt

Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C, this city was flooded due to earthquakes and tsunamis. The ruins of this city include the Cleopatra Palace that was lost for more than 1600 years.

Thonis – Heracleion, Egypt

This ancient Egyptian city was founded 800 years B.C. and discovered in 2000 by researchers. Before the construction of Alexandria, here it was the main port of Egypt. It was submerged in the 8th century A.D. also as a result of earthquakes and tsunamis.

Yonaguni, Japan

These incredible structures were discovered by local divers in 1986. Today, it is believed that the site was a 5,000 years old city, which sank due to an earthquake two millenniums ago. There was a castle, 5 temples, a triumphal arch, a stadium, a pyramid, and a complex system of water channels.

Port Royal, Jamaica

Inaugurated in 1518, this city was known as the “wickedest city on Earth”. It was a pirate base city, with lots of prostitution and drunken people. It was destroyed by fire and an earthquake. The buildings that survived were sunken by a tsunami in 1692. This incident was considered a punishment for the town.

Baiae, Italy

Destroyed by Muslim looters in the 8th century A.D., the city was completely abandoned by a malaria outbreak 700 years later. Today, its buildings are submerged due to volcanic activities. It was a popular resort for rich people in the last decades of the Roman Empire with a casino and a giant pool.

Pavlopetri, Greece

Some buildings of this 5,000 years old city was discovered in 1967 by Nicholas Flemming and one year later, with the help of the Cambridge university archeologists, he discover the entire city wih roads, buildings and tombs.

Shi Cheng, China

Built in the first century A.D., this city was flooded in 1959 because of the creation of an artificial lake for a dam in the river Xin. It has been a cultural, economic and political center, and today is submerged 27 meters deep.

Lion City of Qiandao Lake, China

This city has this name because of the five Lion Mountains showing up behind it. Founded about 1300 years ago this city is located about 131 feet inside the Qiandao Lake, an area that was intentionally flooded in the 1950s to create a dam.

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King’s Cross 9 ¾ Platform (London – England)

Although this is not the actual film location (the scene was shot between the platforms 4 and 5) this it is a great opportunity for a unique picture in a Harry Potter style. The luggage trolley disappearing on a wall with a sing on it drags lots of fans to the King’s Cross station every day. Despite this, there is a Harry Potter shop right next to the place, where you can buy amazing Harry Potter souvenirs.

Christ Church College (Oxford – England)

The place that inspired the Great Hall in the Harry Potter movies lies inside one of the oldest universities of the world. The Christ Church College is one of the most famous colleges of Oxford University and now one of the most visited also.

Glenfinnan Viaduct (Scotland)

The famous bridge where Harry and Ron flew over with the Ford Anglia on Harry Potter and the Chamber of the Secrets is located in the hills of Scotland. If you don’t have a Hogwarts letter it will be impossible to have a ride in the Hogwarts Express but you can try the Jacobite, the real steam train that crosses the bridge.

Goathland Station (North Yorkshire, England)

This station was used to film the scenes at Hogsmade Station in all Harry Potter movies. This is the place where the students arrive after travelling the Hogwarts Express and where they take the train back home in the end of the movies.

Australian House (London, England)

This beautiful building in London was used to film the indoor scenes of the Gringotts Wizarding Bank in the first movie. It was also the inspiration for the exterior design of the bank located in Hogsmade.

Leadenhall Market (London England)

This Victorian old market in the center of London appears in the Harry Potter movies as the outside part of the Diagon Alley and one of the entrances of the Leaky Cauldron.

Alnwick Castle (Alnwick, England)

This 700 year old castle was used to film the outside scenes of Hogwarts Castle in the first two movies. In its incredible gardens was shot a lot of scenes including the flying lessons of Madame Hooch in the first Harry Potter movie.

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Reine, Norway

Reine is a fishing village and administrative center of Moskenes in Nordland, Norway. Located above the Arctic Circle this village attracts thousands of people each year because its remote location and beauty.

Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands

In the north of the country, near the border with Germany, is located Bourtange. This small city-fortress, completely restored, dates back to 1580 and has the shape of a star. There you can find four museums, several restaurants, shops and a historic hotel in the old quarter.

Saorge, France

Saorge is a beautiful medieval village located between a mountain slope and the La Roya River. The village is full of picturesque streets, old churches and chapels, stone houses all dated from 15th and 17th centuries.

Sar-Aqa-Seyyed, Iran

This famous Iranian village located in “Chahar Mahal-o-Bakhtiari” Province is characterized by a peculiar style. The village is one of the oldest in the country, attracting many local and foreign tourists all year, especially during traditional ceremonies and celebrations.

Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italy

The largest of the five villages that form the Cinque Terre, Riomaggiore was founded in the 13th century in a small valley. The village is famous for its historic architecture and for wine production. There you can find charming restaurants, bars and shops.

Gasadalur, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Gasadalur is a village in the west of Vágar, one of the 18 islands of the archipelago of the Faroe. The place is very close to some cliffs of which an amazing waterfall plunges directly into the sea. In 2012, only 18 people lived in the village.

Popeye Village, Malta

Surrounded by the green waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Popeye Village was built to be the set of the film about the character. Currently, the site became an open air museum that attracts tourists from around the world to know this picturesque village.

Hallstatt, Salzkammergut , Austria

A small village, with rustic houses overlooking a calm lake surrounded by snow-capped Alps, this is Hallstatt. Inhabited since the Iron Age, the city has always been closely guarded due to its precious salt mines. Listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, this is one of the main destinations for those visiting the area.

Bilbury, England

This charming village located in Gloucestershire is famous for its beautiful stone houses built in the 17th century giving a special view to the landscape. The place had been used as a set for many movies and series.

Gruyères, Switzerland

This medieval village has a unique beauty. It is located in a small hill with a castle and three totally different museums. In Gruyères, 800 years of culture and regional history coexist at the same time. Apart of the charm the city is also famous for its delicious cuisine and modern demonstration of cheese production.

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Ninja New York (New York, USA)

Located in a basement with access via elevator, this restaurant refers to a village in the feudal times of Japan, with an environment that resembles stone dungeons. Waiters dressed as ninjas surprise guests doing tricks and fight screams all night. The menu brings fun creations and some dishes with special decorations.

Giger Bar (Chur, Switzerland)

In this restaurant you will dive into the world of fantastic art and science fiction.  In 1980, H.R Giger, a Swiss artist, won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for his participation in the film “Alien”. The success was so much that he decided to create a bar all inspired in his creations for the movie. Ceiling, walls, tables, chairs, everything is inspired by Giger’s art elements. It’s like entering and have a drink in the Alien creature.

The Magic Restroom Café (California, USA)

Who comes for a meal in this restaurant, is surprised by its full tiled walls, showers and chairs in the shape of toilets. In addition to the unusual decor, the menu features dishes with curious names like “black poop”, a kind of chocolate sundae, the “poop that smells good,” which is roast pork with rice and “number two bloody” a vanilla sundae with strawberry. If the names were not enough, the food is still served in bowls that resemble small toilets.

Robot Restaurant (Tokyo, Japan)

This millionaire investment restaurant is located in the Kabukicho district of Tokyo and receives hundreds of people every day.  It offers its guests, for almost one hour visit, many special effects with performing dancers, musicians, robots, and futuristic landscape that changes all the time.

Hospitalis Restaurant and Bar (Riga, Latvia)

Created by three doctors in 2009, this restaurant looks more like a surgery room than a place to eat.  Waiters are dressed as nurses and guests will enjoy their meal in surgery tables. Food is served in medical utensil and drinks in test tubes, spoons and forks are replaced by syringes and scalpel.  The menu includes dishes with names of diseases and you can even be fed by a nurse while you are wearing a straightjacket.

Heart Attack Grill (Las Vegas, USA)

All decorated to resemble a hospital, this restaurant is a bomb of calories. Right in the entrance you will be invited to wear a hospital gown by a sexy and beautiful nurse and you can also be taken to your table in a wheelchair if you want. In the menu you can find many types of options with lots of calories. The basic snack has 2 burgers and 6 layers of bacon but if you want to try something more dangerous you can choose one with 8 burgers and countless bacon layers.

Witches in Britches (Melbourne, Australia)

For those with a wicked sense of humor and a taste for good food this is a perfect restaurant to go. All inspired in a kind of Halloween theme the Witches in Britches take their guests to a horror adventure full of food and drinks. Right in the beginning, guests are served with a “Witches curse” pumpkin soup served right from the cauldron. While you eat, actors and actress entertain the guests with many types of performances.

50’s Prime Time Café (Orlando, USA)

Located inside the Walt Disney World complex, this restaurant is all decorated to look like a house in the 50’s. Guests here will feel inside their grandmother’s house since waiters and waitresses treat you as a family member:  they send you set the table, make sure you are eating their fruits and vegetables and even be angry if you put your elbows on the table. The menu of course, is full of American food from the 50’s.

Buns and Guns (Beirut, Lebanon)

This fast food restaurant in Lebanon is ready for a war attack! To attract customers the Buns and Guns decided to use a military theme: the menus have shape of bullets and each dish has the name of a weapon, the staff are all in army uniform and chef is identified by the military helmet. Sandbags do the division from the street to where the tables are displayed. Camouflage nets and ammunition and are used for the interior decoration.

A380 Restaurant (Taipei, Taiwan)

The inside of this restaurant looks like an Airbus and the waitresses are dressed like flight attendants. Customers can order a variety of foods, including Japanese, European and Australian dishes and they will all be served in that small cars used in airplanes. The restaurant is divided as a real airplane with economy, business and first classes.

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