Seattle, Washington
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
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Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Seattle, Washington
A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Rome, Italy
The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Rome, Italy
Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.
Rome, Italy
An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Chicago, Illinois
Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Chicago, Illinois
A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.
Chicago, Illinois
This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.