Places Kanashii Wants to Go

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.