New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Tokyo, Japan
A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.
Tokyo, Japan
Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.
Tokyo, Japan
Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.
Barcelona, Spain
An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.
Utrecht, Netherlands
This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.
New York, New York
On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.
Miami Beach, Florida
12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
New York, New York
Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.
New York, New York
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
New York, New York
A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Gävle, Sweden
If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.
Skinnskatteberg, Sweden
Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.
Vardo, Norway
The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.
Hammerfest, Norway
This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.
Sydney, Australia
One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Manly, Australia
The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.
Newcastle, Australia
By standing on a particular paving stone in the courtyard, you'll hear an echo that shouldn't be.
Taree, Australia
Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.