A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

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

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

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

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

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

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