Places tiresias Wants to Go

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.