St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
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St. Augustine, Florida
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Bucharest, Romania
The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.
Washington, D.C.
Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.
Lima, Peru
Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.
Lima, Peru
This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.
Lima, Peru
Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Chicago, Illinois
This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.
Bournemouth, England
The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
London, England
English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.
London, England
Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
London, England
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
Paris, France
A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.
Astoria, Oregon
You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'
Whangārei, New Zealand
A heritage park that explores the history and ecology of Whangārei.
Lincolnton, North Carolina
Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.
Baltimore, Maryland
Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.
Tangier, Morocco
The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.
Nashville, Tennessee
Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.
Jenins, Switzerland
Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.
Salzburg, Austria
Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.