Boscastle, England
The Museum of Witchcraft & Magic
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
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Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Tabley, England
This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.
London, England
An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.
London, England
The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
Rome, Italy
Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.
Rome, Italy
A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.
Rome, Italy
A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.
Rome, Italy
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Rome, Italy
This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Burgh Saint Peter, England
The story behind this uniquely-shaped tower involves ancient empires, local legends, and new words.
Barnsley, England
A churchyard in Ardsley houses a memorial dedicated to the victims of England’s worst mining disaster.
Selçuk, Turkey
This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.
York, England
An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.
Bergamo, Italy
Six paintings reminding you that death is integral part of everyday life.
Bergamo, Italy
If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.
Whitby, England
The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
London, England
The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.
London, England
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
Kirkstall, England
Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.