Bern, Switzerland
The Child Eater of Bern
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
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Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.
Nuremberg, Germany
Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.
Heidelberg, Germany
A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.
Bucharest, Romania
Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.
Sopot, Poland
This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Cave Junction, Oregon
Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Seattle, Washington
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
Tacoma, Washington
This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
San Francisco, California
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.