Places corinnealexandra Wants to Go

The middle finger of modernity.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Venice's island of the dead.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.