Atlas Obscura
Johannisburg Palace Cork Model Collection in Aschaffenburg, Germany
At first glance, Johannisburg Palace seems like any other palace, with its magnificent architecture and rooms full of classic paintings and nicely restored royal apartments. But somewhere in between all this, you'll find the world’s largest collection of cork models of ruins and buildings from Ancient Rome. The collection was started by the last electoral bishop of Mainz, Carl Theodor von Dalbe…