Places Edited by Hadley Meares

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

This Sri Lankan cemetery is the final resting place of sci-fi legend Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.