Paris, France
Deyrolle Taxidermy
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
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Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Tokyo, Japan
Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.
Tokyo, Japan
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."
Boston, Massachusetts
Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Dublin, Ireland
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
Dublin, Ireland
Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.
Dublin, Ireland
Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."
Dublin, Ireland
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.
Dublin, Ireland
This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.
Dublin, Ireland
This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.