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Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This metallic cross was most likely the last thing a condemned person would see while on the gallows.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.