The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

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

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

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.