The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

At the turn of the century, a chair like rock sat at the top of the falls and hosted the winner of a local beauty contest.