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I live in a forest with a witch and a vodu doctor, I'm just the weird guy that collects books. If it weren't for one of my jobs, I probably would have never visited 94% of the places I have seen.

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The Criminology Museum
Permanently Closed

Rome, Italy

The Criminology Museum

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

Mithras slaying the bull - Context Travel

Rome, Italy

The Mithraeum at Circus Maximus

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital)

Rome, Italy

Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital)

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

Vigna Randanini.

Rome, Italy

Vigna Randanini

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

The Cenotaph of Pope Sylvester II

Rome, Italy

The Sweating Cenotaph at the Archbasilica San Giovanni in Laterano

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

Relics in the Basilica of San Domenico

Bologna, Italy

Relics in the Basilica of San Domenico

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

Saint Catherine of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Saint Catherine of Bologna

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra

Volterra, Italy

Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

Medieval torture devices including a maiden on the right.

San Gimignano, Italy

The Museum of Medieval Torture

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

The Museum of Pathological Anatomy of the University of Florence

Florence, Italy

University of Florence Museum of Pathological Anatomy

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

Apothecary jars in main room

Florence, Italy

Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Libreria Acqua Alta

Venice, Italy

Libreria Acqua Alta

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Reliquaries of St Mark's Basilica Treasury

Venice, Italy

Reliquaries of St Mark's Basilica Treasury

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

The Tremosine end of SP83

Tremosine, Italy

Strada della Forra

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

The Faceless Nuns

Torba, Italy

Faceless Nuns of the Torba Monastery

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

Naturhistorisches Museum

Bern, Switzerland

Naturhistorisches Museum

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

Dance of Death Bridge

Lucerne, Switzerland

Dance of Death Bridge

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Main house

Feldbach, Switzerland

Synergy Village

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

Bolivia's Witch Market

La Paz, Bolivia

Bolivia's Witch Market

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

death - the great leveller

Plouha, France

Dance of Death at Chapelle Kermaria an Iskuit

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

Emile Taugourdeau’s Zoological Garden

Thorée-les-Pins, France

Emile Taugourdeau’s Zoological Garden

One man's fifteen-year diversion lead to a garden of intriguing sculptures.

Napoleon's camel in the Musée africain de l'île d'Aix. (Wikimedia Commons)

Île-d'Aix, France

Napoleon's Camel at the Musée africain de l'île d'Aix

Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

Hamster Villa
Permanently Closed

Nantes, France

Hamster Villa

Sleep in the hay, spin the wheel and eat grain pellets to your heart's delight.

Machines of the Isle of Nantes

Nantes, France

Machines of the Isle of Nantes

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

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