Paris, France
Museum of Vampires
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
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Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Athens, Greece
This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.
Lemnos, Greece
A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.
Livadia, Greece
This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.
Laconia, Greece
This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.
Ano Vouves, Greece
The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Chios, Greece
An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.
Agion Oros, Greece
An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.
Lemnos, Greece
An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.
Kato Kastania, Greece
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
Samos Prefecture, Greece
Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Laconia, Greece
A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.
Athens, Greece
150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.
Moires, Greece
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
Andros, Greece
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Essen, Germany
The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."
Göttingen, Germany
The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.