Stockholm, Sweden
'The Battle of Gotland 1361' Exhibit
This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.
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Stockholm, Sweden
This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.
Södermalm, Sweden
It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.
Stow-on-the-Wold, England
This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.
Stanbury, England
The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."
New York, New York
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Marshall, Michigan
Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.
Warsaw, Poland
A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.
Bangor, Maine
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
London, England
The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.
London, England
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Tokyo, Japan
The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.
Barcelona, Spain
An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.
Checkendon, England
In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.
London, England
The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.
London, England
This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.
London, England
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
Galway, Ireland
A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.