The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

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

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.