In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The magic's in the hole!

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

The last of its kind in the country.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.