London, England
'The Naked Ladies'
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
V&A Museum of Childhood
A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.
London, England
Difference Engine #2
Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
London, England
The Dove
A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
London, England
Archie the Giant Squid
The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.
London, England
Abney Park Cemetery
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.
London, England
Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
Parkland Walk
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
London, England
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Pathology Museum
A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
London, England
The Imperial War Museum London
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
Gordon Museum of Pathology
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
London, England
Horniman Museum and Gardens
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
London, England
Ruins of the Crystal Palace
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
The Wildgoose Memorial Library
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
London, England
Barbican Conservatory
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
London, England
Wellcome Collection & Library
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
The Old Curiosity Shop
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
Word on the Water
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Museum of Death
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Roch Chapel
A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Hidden South Confessional
Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Bywater Museum of Unnatural History
Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Café Lafitte in Exile
One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.
New Orleans, Louisiana
House of Broel
An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.
