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Chicago, Illinois

Shit Fountain

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Josh Added by Josh
Vienna, Austria

Karlskirche (St. Charles's Church)

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Jaszmina Szendrey Added by Jaszmina Szendrey
Vienna, Austria

Kriminalmuseum

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
michelle Added by michelle
Vienna, Austria

Stephansdom Crypt

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Bridgeport, California

Bodie State Historic Park

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Added by ogurantz
Littlefield, Arizona

Pumpkin Spring Pool

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Rosamond, California

The Cat House

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
Hope Added by Hope
Pasadena, California

California Cactus Center

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.
Added by Rachel Mansur
Cagliari, Italy

Wax Anatomy Museum at University of Cagliari

A collection of wax anatomy by the great sculptor Clemente Susini.
Added by mbison
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nieuwe Spiegelstraat

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Leiden, Netherlands

Museum Boerhaave

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.
Added by RottenHead
Saint-Ouen, France

Pierre Bazalgues Macabre Antique Stand

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.
Laetitia Barbier Added by Laetitia Barbier
Maisons-Alfort, France

Musée Fragonard

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Added by mbison
Paris, France

Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.
Added by mbison
Brussels, Belgium

Musée de la Médecine

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Florence, Italy

La Specola Anatomical Collection

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Budapest, Hungary

Semmelweis Medical Museum

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Bern, Switzerland

Naturhistorisches Museum

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Bologna, Italy

Bologna's Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Bologna, Italy

Bologna Zoological Museum

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Zurich, Switzerland

Moulagenmuseum

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
Added by mbison
Vienna, Austria

Naturhistorisches Museum

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Vienna, Austria

The Narrenturm

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Waldsassen, Germany

The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.