Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's Oldest Operating Theater
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Chennai, India
One-room museum dedicated to India's most enigmatic mathematician.
New York, New York
Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.
New York, New York
A Natural History and Science Emporium.
New York, New York
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
Accra, Ghana
The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.
Hickory Corners, Michigan
A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.
Portland, Oregon
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Portland, Oregon
These machines have been collecting dust for decades.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Portland, Oregon
Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.
Melbourne, Australia
The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
Sukawati, Indonesia
The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."
Ronda, Spain
An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.
Asilah, Morocco
The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.
Fez, Morocco
Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.