Vulcan, Alberta
Vulcan
Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.
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Vulcan, Alberta
Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
New Haven, Connecticut
An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Naples, Italy
An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.
Reno, Nevada
This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.
Toronto, Ontario
A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.
Houston, Texas
An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.
Iran
The tower in this 1,000-year-old mud-brick village seems to vibrate for no apparent reason.
Yazd, Iran
Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Griswold, Connecticut
The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Boston, Massachusetts
A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.
Boston, Massachusetts
Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Boston, Massachusetts
American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.