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Paris, France

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Allison Added by Allison
Blois, France

Mechanical Dragon Clock

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Saint-Cannat, France

Le Village des Automates

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.
Alicia Bones Added by Alicia Bones
Paris, France

59 Rivoli

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Allison Added by Allison
Abades, Spain

Abandoned Leper Colony of Arico

An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.
Added by MarikaLagarese
Essen, Germany

Villa Hugel

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Cologne, Germany

Chandelier Hall

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.
Added by ThomasSchneider62
Cologne, Germany

Church of St. Ursula

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
michelle Added by michelle
Königswinter, Germany

Nibelungenhalle

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."
Added by immervorwaerts
Paris, France

House of Nicolas Flamel

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Allison Added by Allison
Paris, France

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Added by meelar
Paris, France

Museum of Vampires

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Laetitia Barbier Added by Laetitia Barbier
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
Paris, France

Louis XIV's Globes

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
Paris, France

Cabinet of Joseph Bonnier de La Mosson

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.
Allison Added by Allison
Paris, France

Le Musee des Moulages

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.
Added by CPilgrim
Paris, France

Au Bonheur du Jour

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
Paris, France

Musee de la Magie

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.
Added by mbison
Berlin, Germany

Hatch Sticker Museum

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.
samsfrank89 Added by samsfrank89
Berlin, Germany

Museum of Unheard of Things

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Berlin, Germany

Haus Schwarzenberg Street Art Alley

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
paulwil Added by paulwil
Berlin, Germany

Hall of Mirrors in Clärchens Ballhaus

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.
Added by Quisquilia
Berlin, Germany

The Return of the Cows

Art and a pun, all in one.
rebeccaclara Added by rebeccaclara
Berlin, Germany

Stasi Museum

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer