A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This vast collection of smoking pipes from across the world spans centuries.

Widely advertised as Amsterdam’s narrowest street, this passage was once a highlight of the Red Light District before its windows closed.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

In the middle of a Brussels roundabout, a cargo container balancing on its edge.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.