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The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.

Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.