Places deadnot Wants to Go

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

George Martin's Caribbean recording studio now rots within the shadow of an active volcano.

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.