Büren, Germany
Castle of Wewelsburg
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
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Büren, Germany
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
Vienna, Austria
An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.
Vienna, Austria
A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.
Vienna, Austria
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Uozu-shi, Japan
Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.
Galveston, Texas
The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.
Berlin, Germany
Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.
Florence, Italy
Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
New Orleans, Louisiana
Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.
London, England
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.