Paris, France
Maison de Victor Hugo
A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.
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Paris, France
A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.
Deyme, France
The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.
Lyon, France
Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Paris, France
An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
Grafton, Vermont
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
Chicago, Illinois
Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.
Hebron, Connecticut
The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.
New Haven, Connecticut
A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.
Rome, Italy
Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
Berlin, Germany
Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.
Pavia, Italy
This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Baltimore, Maryland
One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.