Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.