Bologna, Italy
Museo di Palazzo Poggi Anatomy & Obstetrics Collection
An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.
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Bologna, Italy
An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.
Sochaczew, Poland
This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.
Budapest, Hungary
The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.
Tokyo, Japan
A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.
Tokyo, Japan
The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.
Budapest, Hungary
This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.
Budapest, Hungary
Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Kassel, Germany
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
Kassel, Germany
At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.
Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Tallinn, Estonia
This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
Riga, Latvia
A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.
Riga, Latvia
Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Hamburg, Germany
A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.