The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.