Places Edited by The Alternative Guide

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.