World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.