Aalborg, Denmark
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From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.
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Aalborg, Denmark
From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.
Fiddletown, California
An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
Sibiu, Romania
A stunning 18th century pharmacy and medieval chemist's collection.
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Washington, D.C.
Need a hardcopy of the 50-title Code of Federal Regulations? This is the place.
Washington, D.C.
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
Washington, D.C.
The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Bucharest, Romania
The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.
Matera, Italy
A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.
Avery Island, Louisiana
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
New York, New York
One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
Pembroke, Wales
A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.
Varese, Italy
A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.
Larvik, Norway
What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Tokyo, Japan
A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.