Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.