Évora, Portugal
Portugal’s Chapel of Bones
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
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Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Winkel, Netherlands
This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.
Wamba, Spain
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.
Moscow, Russia
Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Saariselkä, Finland
Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
District of Columbia
Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.
Vienna, Austria
One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.
Vienna, Austria
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Vienna, Austria
Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.