A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.

One of Mother Nature’s geological gems, home to many prehistoric fossils.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

People leave coins atop an unusual grave marker in one of Scotland's oldest burial grounds.

A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.

A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.