This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

Featuring Zürich's only authentic 14th-century plague doctor's uniform!

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

The stoutest tree in the world.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.