Charlottesville, Virginia
The Raven Room
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
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Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Queens, New York
The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.
New York, New York
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
Brooklyn, New York
Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.
New York, New York
A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
Staten Island, New York
Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.
Princeton, New Jersey
One man's lifelong obsession with death.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Grímsnes og Grafningshreppur, Iceland
This educational and eco-friendly community is Iceland's "home of the sun."
Iceland
These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.
Iceland
A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.
Skagaströnd, Iceland
This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.
Iceland
Rising from the sea like a stone monster.
Húsafell, Iceland
Though they may seem like simple stones, these rocks represent a ghostly legend.
Húsafell, Iceland
Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.
Akureyri, Iceland
Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?
Glaumbær, Iceland
This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.
Chino Hills, California
A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.
Los Angeles, California
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
Los Angeles, California
An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.
South Pasadena, California
Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.
Los Angeles, California
This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.