This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

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

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

The middle finger of modernity.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.