Bern, Switzerland
The Child Eater of Bern
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
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Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Tokyo, Japan
Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
District of Columbia
Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.
Iceland
Rising from the sea like a stone monster.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
Los Angeles, California
Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
London, England
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.