Purveyors Of Curiosities

Genitals, claws, and faces are served at this Beijing eatery.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.