Places Edited by ljbrown

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.