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The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

Abandoned tunnels dug for the once-thriving sea salt industry on the coast of southern Spain.

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.

Rumors and legends of secret Nazi activities surround this eerily remote island mansion.

Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.