When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

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

This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.