Las Vegas, Nevada
The Neon Museum
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Budapest, Hungary
The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Paris, France
A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.
Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.