Brussels, Belgium
Laeken Cemetery Crypt
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
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Brussels, Belgium
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
Brussels, Belgium
Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.
Mexico City, Mexico
Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.
Mexico City, Mexico
This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.
London, England
Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.
Boston, Massachusetts
Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.
Portland, Oregon
This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.
Bishop's Castle, England
The oldest working Brewery in Britain.
Stockholm, Sweden
Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.
Baltimore, Maryland
An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Florence, Italy
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Leeds, England
The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.
Mexico City, Mexico
The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.
Madrid, Spain
Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.
Mexico City, Mexico
This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.
Independence Township, New Jersey
This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Iowa City, Iowa
A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.