Los Angeles, California
Old Zoo Picnic Area
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
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Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
London, England
Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.
London, England
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
London, England
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
London, England
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.
Nikko, Japan
This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.
Bass, Australia
"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.
Shoshone, Idaho
Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.
New York, New York
Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Canterbury, England
This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.
Los Angeles, California
Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.
Los Angeles, California
Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Los Angeles, California
Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.
Los Angeles, California
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
Los Angeles, California
The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.
Los Angeles, California
Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.