Washington, D.C.
Palace of Wonders
Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
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Washington, D.C.
Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
Washington, D.C.
The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.
Washington, D.C.
This small museum is dedicated to telling the 4,000-year story of Palestinian history, culture, and resistance.
Los Angeles, California
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
Lake Placid, New York
It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.
Nashville, Tennessee
This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.
Alcoa, Tennessee
One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.
Memphis, Tennessee
The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.
Greenback, Tennessee
One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.
Nashville, Tennessee
This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.
Petros, Tennessee
This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.
Rugby, Tennessee
A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Lemgo, Germany
This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.
Gallipolis, Ohio
The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.
Gdańsk, Poland
These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.
Wrocław, Poland
A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.
Krakow, Poland
At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A nomadic museum known for its art exhibitions about religion and faith.