Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

A community's effort restores the historical Maryhill Burgh Hall.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.