The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.