New Orleans, Louisiana
Dark Matter Oddities & Artisan Collective
This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.
Atlanta, Georgia
The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Boston, Massachusetts
A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.