Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

An unassuming rod in the Netherlands was once the old standard unit of length for the entire Dutch empire.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

Inscriptions found in the Majella mountains reveal stories of resistance and rebellion after the unification of Italy.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

This small collection in the back of a shop is the only oddities museum in Saskatoon.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

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

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.