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

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

The "Little Ones," show Portugal in full miniature splendor.