Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
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Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Tokyo, Japan
Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Los Angeles, California
Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Paris, France
Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.