Places justinemeeus Wants to Go

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

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

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.