York, England
Hob Moor and Plague Stones
When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.
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York, England
When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.
Bastrop, Texas
The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Ashburn, Virginia
The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
Min Kun, Myanmar
This magnificent white pagoda was constructed to resemble a sacred Buddhist mountain.
Sheffield, Massachusetts
The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.
Naters, Switzerland
This ossuary is more than five centuries old and is heralded as one of the finest in Switzerland.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
New York, New York
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
Washington, D.C.
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
Crownsville, Maryland
This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.
Brooklyn, New York
For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Ragunda, Sweden
Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Dublin, Ireland
This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.
Providence, Rhode Island
Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.
London, England
A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.