Modena, Italy
Modena Archivolt
One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.
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Modena, Italy
One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.
Berne, Indiana
This symbol of the town's Swiss heritage is a tribute to the Zytglogge in Bern.
Brooklyn, New York
This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
Jeongseon, South Korea
Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.
Bern, Switzerland
Dining in this grain cellar feels like stepping onto a fantasy film set.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Chicago, Illinois
This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.
Jerusalem, Israel
This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.
Woudenberg, Netherlands
A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.
Pontywaun, Wales
An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.
Paris, France
The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.
Paris, France
This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.
Paris, France
This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.
Brusaporto, Italy
Acrosticism and palindromes on this randomly placed stone.
Munich, Germany
From open waters to open dance floors—this decommissioned ferry has been transformed into a lively nightclub.
Munich, Germany
This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.
Ottosdal, South Africa
Tiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years ago.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.
Taunton, Massachusetts
This rocking chair headstone is allegedly haunted by the spirit of a young girl named Pearl.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Nokhur, Turkmenistan
A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Ad Dilam, Saudi Arabia
A historic structure that once housed pigeons used by farmers to help fertilize farmland.