Rockford, Illinois
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A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.
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Rockford, Illinois
A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
At this Wisconsin museum there are real ducks, fake ducks, duck calls and a Duck Blind.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Verona, Wisconsin
Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.
San Diego, California
Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
London, England
A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.
London, England
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
London, England
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
London, England
A small museum that celebrates the history and culture of the LGBTQ community in England.
London, England
The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
Padua, Italy
The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."
Berlin, Germany
Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.
Berlin, Germany
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
Berlin, Germany
Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.
Stockholm, Sweden
The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.