Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grip the Raven
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Matawan, New Jersey
The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Austin, Texas
This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.
Želízy, Czechia
Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.
Washington, D.C.
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques
Thale, Germany
This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.
Tosashimizu, Japan
This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.
Brussels, Belgium
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
Southampton, England
Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.
Milluni, Bolivia
The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.
London, England
The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.
Kerry, Ireland
Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.
Skørping, Denmark
An old limestone mine transformed into a beautiful and unusual sculpture museum.
Tallinn, Estonia
Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.