Ten gold beads, each a spider on its web with a human face; the finest goldwork of the Moche lords.
Blue-and-white jars whose cobalt came up the Silk Road from Persia, in one of the great collections.
A kneeling gold elephant with a jewelled howdah, sealed in a temple crypt around 1420.
The author's hilltop home, Vailima.
Open-air WWII aircraft relics.
Sleek modern-art museum in Vaduz.
Moving memorial to the 1994 genocide.
Aquarium and science museum on the bay.
West Africa's largest art gallery, in Lagos.
Grand clifftop aquarium and museum.
Landmark museum of Islamic treasures.
Bahrain's history and Dilmun treasures.
Former royal palace of Porto-Novo.
The hand-dug tunnel under Sarajevo airport that kept the besieged city supplied for three years in the 1990s.
Submarine, icebreaker and seaplanes displayed inside vast concrete hangars from 1917 on Tallinn’s waterfront.
Space theme park in Europe’s aerospace capital: a full-size Ariane 5, a Mir station mock-up and a planetarium.
JR Central’s rail museum with 39 real trains, from steam engines to the 603 km/h maglev record-holder, plus driving simulators.
Visit the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, which showcases the 1000-year history of Jewish life in Poland
Visit the Red Dot Design Museum in Xiamen, showcasing award-winning contemporary design and innovation
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