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The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

The second largest surviving chained library is housed in this 12th century church.

A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.

An obsolete form of timekeeping still marks the hour in this adapted 19th century lighthouse.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.