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

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.