The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.