This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

This is part of the Francke Foundation Museum, a curiosity cabinet filled with different scientific and natural wonders.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.