Places thelonesomeroad Wants to Go

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.