The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

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

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

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

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

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.