Edinburgh, Scotland
The Witchery
Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Norwich, England
Does being buried standing up help you get into heaven faster?
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Barcelona, Spain
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
Dawson, New Mexico
All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
Malta, Montana
This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.
Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Kanab, Utah
Not your typical pet cemetery.
West Mercur, Utah
This creepy, abandoned cemetery is all that remains of a once booming mining town.
Ogden, Utah
Jurassic Park—A Still Life.
Lehi, Utah
Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.
Hveragerði, Iceland
The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Tuba City, Arizona
One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.
Osimo, Italy
A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.
Kalarrites, Greece
This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.