A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.