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One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

An underground city of salt.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

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

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.