Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
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Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Mexico City, Mexico
Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.
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.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.
Ronda, Spain
An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.
Figueres, Spain
Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.
Linthicum Heights, Maryland
Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Austin, Minnesota
Ever wanted to can Spam?
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
London, England
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Madrid, Spain
One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Toronto, Ontario
A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
This small collection in the back of a shop is the only oddities museum in Saskatoon.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.
Glendon, Alberta
Roadside tribute to a staple of eastern European cuisine.
Torrington, Alberta
Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.