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Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

The growing stones of Romania.

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

Gigantic Romanian salt mines used to heal respiratory conditions.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.