This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Large rock high in the mountains of Yunnan that is naturally shaped like a chair, complete with arms.

An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.

China's biggest e-waste village.

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?

A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

Walled family complexes in Southern China.