The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.