Marseille, France
Notre-Dame de la Garde's Nautical Ex-Voto
Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.
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Marseille, France
Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.
Izumo-shi, Japan
What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.
Knaresborough, England
A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.
Larrivière-Saint-Savin, France
This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.
Chester, England
Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.
Glastonbury, England
A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.
Florence, Italy
Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.
Milwaukie, Oregon
Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.
Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.
London, England
Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.
Stuttgart, Germany
An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.
Osaka, Japan
This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.
Seattle, Washington
A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.
Barcelona, Spain
A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.
Richmond, Virginia
Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
Tokyo, Japan
A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.
Tokyo, Japan
A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.
Tokyo, Japan
This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.