Porto, Portugal
Livraria Lello
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
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Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Paris, France
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Brooklyn, New York
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
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.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Liverpool, England
This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.