18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

The largest collection of hair jewelry in Europe reminds you how creepy 19th-century love was.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

A collection of wax anatomy by the great sculptor Clemente Susini.