Hillsdale, New York
Circle Museum
Eight whimsical acres of metal art.
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Hillsdale, New York
Eight whimsical acres of metal art.
Brooklyn, New York
Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.
Howes Cave, New York
Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.
Independence, Missouri
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Frederikshavn, Denmark
The largest collection of hair jewelry in Europe reminds you how creepy 19th-century love was.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Madrid, Spain
One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.
Naples, Italy
The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.
Conques, France
The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.
Padua, Italy
The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.
Bar-le-Duc, France
Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.
Dublin, Ireland
The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.
Drogheda, Ireland
The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.
Rome, Italy
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
Valence, France
When the imprisoned pope's remains were finally returned to the Vatican, his heart stayed behind in France.
Bolton, New York
An Adirondacks museum housed in the former studio of Marcella Sembrich, the 19th century opera star most famous for her role of Mimi in "La Boheme."
Lake George, New York
This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.
Lake George, New York
This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.
Gdańsk, Poland
Gdańsk's lion mascot features in a trail of bronze sculptures scattered all across the city.
Gdańsk, Poland
These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.
Gdańsk, Poland
A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.
Gdańsk, Poland
A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.
Gdańsk, Poland
Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.
Gdańsk, Poland
A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.