This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This small museum located under the famous cube houses, is home to some 30,000 chess pieces.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.

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

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

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

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

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

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

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

This fairytale-looking castle is a wonderful example of Greek neo-Gothic architecture