Places inertiaquint Wants to Go

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The smallest bar in Amsterdam has stayed in the family since 1798.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Rare and wonderfully wormy cadaver art captured in brass for centuries.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

An exploration of a small ethnic group’s heritage through their exquisite folk art.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

Hungarian self-built castle.

The remains of an entire Roman city can be explored in this interactive museum.

A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.