Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grip the Raven
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The world's most remote airport.
San Francisco, California
The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Oakland, California
Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.
Berkeley, California
The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.
Berkeley, California
An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.
Montreal, Québec
A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.
Québec City, Québec
The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.
Québec City, Québec
A chocolatier with a quaint museum showcasing the history of chocolate.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Atlanta, Georgia
Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.
Valencia, Spain
This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.
Valencia, Spain
Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.
Bicorp, Spain
This ancient rock painting is the oldest evidence of humans’ love affair with honey.
Valencia, Spain
Former 19th-century apothecary serves a top-tier version of Valencia's signature cocktail.
Valencia, Spain
With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
St. Charles, Illinois
This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
Woodstock, Illinois
See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.
Berwyn, Illinois
The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.
Forest Park, Illinois
A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.
Rockford, Illinois
A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.