Chicago, Illinois
Couch Place (The Alley of Death)
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
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Chicago, Illinois
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
Chicago, Illinois
Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.
Chicago, Illinois
Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.
Musselburgh, Scotland
Sculptures depicting Scottish and English soldiers in battle honor a 16th-century conflict.
Mesa, Arizona
Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Bixter, Scotland
Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.
Salamanca, Spain
The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.
Lassodie, Scotland
The half-finished remains of what would have been Scotland’s biggest piece of landscape art.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A cableway for car transport.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Vienna, Austria
One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
La Ferté-sur-Chiers, France
This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.
Ypres, Belgium
A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.
Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Birmingham, England
A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.
Cannock, England
Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.
Dublin, Ireland
This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.
Nottingham, England
A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
Logan, Utah
Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.