Oslo, Norway
The Devil of Oslo
In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.
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Oslo, Norway
In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.
Galway City, Ireland
Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.
Larvik, Norway
What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.
Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Glasgow, Scotland
One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.
Tarsdorf, Austria
American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.
Kochel am See, Germany
The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.
Garching bei München, Germany
Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Nanjing, China
One of the largest, grandest imperial mausoleums was built as the founder of the Ming Dynasty's final resting place.
Nanjing, China
Once an imperial lake garden, anyone can now visit this city park.
Binasco, Italy
Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.
Cartagena, Colombia
A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Chicago, Illinois
One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.
Chicago, Illinois
This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.
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.
Chicago, Illinois
A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.
Chicago, Illinois
Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.
Chicago, Illinois
The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.