This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

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

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

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

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

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

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

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

The laboratory where the Soviet secret police invented exotic poisons used to kill dissidents in hideous and (mostly) untraceable ways.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

This Russian diner is staffed entirely by twins.

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

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.