A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

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

Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.