Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Medical History Hamburg
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
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Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Rome, Italy
One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.
Naples, Italy
A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Naples, Italy
The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Salzburg, Austria
These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.
Ferentillo, Italy
Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.
Bremen, Germany
Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.
Solferino, Italy
The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
Ronda, Spain
An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.
Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
Triora, Italy
The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Amanlis, France
An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.
Dietikon, Switzerland
A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.
Ostermundigen, Switzerland
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Solothurn, Switzerland
Its vast collection of wondrous gadgets details the fascinating history of information technology.
Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.
Gränichen, Switzerland
The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."