Isle of Iona, Scotland
Iona Abbey
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
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Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
London, England
A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.
London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
England
A historic house left in "dramatic still life."
London, England
This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.
Bournemouth, England
The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Silver Plume, Colorado
The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.
Virginia City, Nevada
What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.
Tokyo, Japan
Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Gloucester, England
Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.
Dudley, England
This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.
Avebury, England
The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.
Bowness-on-Windermere, England
This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.
London, England
Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.
Oxford, England
The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens
Medfield, Massachusetts
Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.
Sharon, Massachusetts
She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.
Paris, France
The final resting place of the "father of special effects."
Cardiff, Wales
This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.