Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.