One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

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

A shrine-like museum entirely dedicated to soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.