Munich, Germany
Kunstkammer Georg Laue
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
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Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Hamburg, Germany
A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Paris, France
Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.
Paris, France
Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
London, England
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
London, England
The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.
London, England
The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.
London, England
The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.
London, England
Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.
London, England
The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.
London, England
This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.
London, England
A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."
London, England
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
London, England
The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.