Places Sandra Lang Wants to Go

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

One of the holiest Shi'i shrines in Iran honors the life and death of a learned noblewoman who became a saint.

The fire inside this temple has burned for more than 1,500 years.

Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

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

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.