This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

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 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.