Krakow, Poland
The Dragon Trail
Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.
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Krakow, Poland
Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.
Budapest, Hungary
A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.
Oslo, Norway
This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Oslo, Norway
An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.
Oslo, Norway
Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Vejle, Denmark
When this Iron Age bog body was discovered in 1835, it was thought that she had died recently.
Roskilde, Denmark
Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.
Højbjerg, Denmark
Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.
Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.
Rouen, France
Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.
Pavia, Italy
A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.
Tübingen, Germany
The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.
Basel, Switzerland
A journey through every aspect of the human body.
Toulouse, France
A journey through the history of medicine throughout the centuries.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Bologna, Italy
This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.
Bologna, Italy
In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.
Bologna, Italy
An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.