In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

America's first public mental health facility.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.