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What this Good Friday parade lacks in baroque filigree it makes up in somber gothic imagery.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Dedicated to this region's early settlements and rich history of salt mining.

The remains of "the Pearl of Scotland" can be found inside this church.

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?

A 17th-century building that once served as the town's courthouse and jail is now a thriving art center.

A small village church is home to two extraordinary triptych altarpieces that date back to the 15th century.

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

The largest seated Buddha statue in Japan is the centerpiece of an abandoned complex in a quiet, seaside town.

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.