Varese, Italy
Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori
A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.
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The Abandoned Village of Leri Cavour
A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.
Volterra, Italy
Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra
This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.
Triora, Italy
The Town Of Witches
The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."
Sant'Agata Dé Goti, Italy
Sant'Agata de' Goti
This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.
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Modena, Italy
Nautilus Antiques and Old Oddities
David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
Florence, Italy
La Specola Anatomical Collection
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Podoštra, Croatia
Tesla's Birthplace Museum
Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.
Bologna, Italy
Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio
In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.
Bologna, Italy
Museo di Palazzo Poggi Anatomy & Obstetrics Collection
An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.
Gubbio, Italy
Fontana Dei Matti
Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.
Adare, Ireland
Adare Manor
An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.
London, England
Sir Ernest Shackleton's Crow's Nest
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
London, England
Wellcome Collection & Library
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Marton-in-Cleveland, England
Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.
Whitby, England
Whitby Museum, Library & Archive
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Berlin, Germany
Hansa Studios
From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Berlin, Germany
Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin)
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Glenslane, Ireland
The Hole of the Sorrows
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
Galway, Ireland
Brigit's Celtic Garden
The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.
