Gertrude Rose's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
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Seattle, Washington

Steve's Weird House

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
Niš, Serbia

The Skull Tower of Nis

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Palermo, Italy

Capuchin Monastery Catacombs

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Salzburg, Austria

St. Sebastian’s Cemetery

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Salzburg, Austria

Dom Museum's Kunst und Wunderkammer

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.
Springfield, Illinois

Museum of Funeral Customs

The history of funerals and funerary customs.
Paris, France

Musée Bricard

A curious collection of locks and keys.
Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Sheffield, England

Sheffield General Cemetery

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.
North Yorkshire, England

Brimham Rocks

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.
York, England

National Railway Museum York

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.
England

Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well

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

The Singing Ringing Tree

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.
Pisa, Italy

Museum of Human Anatomy

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.
Zurich, Switzerland

Moulagenmuseum

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
Datong, China

Hanging Temple of Hengshan

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.