Death

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

An art gallery, studio, and shop that celebrates death.

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

A vast necropolis where you'll find the elaborate mausoleums of Argentinian tango stars.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

His body was found mysteriously preserved in a Swedish mine over 40 years after his initial disappearance.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.