Cheddar, England
The Cheddar Man and Cannibals Museum
Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.
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Cheddar, England
Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.
Williton, England
A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."
Ruthin, Wales
This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.
Manchester, England
These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
York, England
A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.
Whittingham, England
This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Todmorden, England
Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.
Menston, England
Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.
Bradford, England
A museum devoted to the science of color.
Chesterfield, England
The former home of a railway legend and the site of a gigantic labyrinth.
Elsecar, England
This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.
Sheffield, England
A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
Tokyo, Japan
Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.
Tokyo, Japan
Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.
Tokyo, Japan
A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.
Iga, Japan
Be a ninja - or just act like one.
Seoul, South Korea
South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.
Itaewon-ro, South Korea
Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.
Seoul, South Korea
One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.
Gwangju-si, South Korea
The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.