Tokyo, Japan
Christon Café
A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.
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Tokyo, Japan
A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.
Puebla, Mexico
The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.
Mexico City, Mexico
Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.
Mexico City, Mexico
A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.
Mexico City, Mexico
Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.
Mexico City, Mexico
A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Chicago, Illinois
Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.
Chicago, Illinois
A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.
Saint-Ouen, France
An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.
Paris, France
A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.
Paris, France
This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.
Paris, France
Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."
Maisons-Alfort, France
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
Cullman, Alabama
A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.
Lilburn, Georgia
This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.
Buffalo, New York
This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.