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A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

The stoutest tree in the world.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.