Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".

Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.