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The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.