London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
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London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
London, England
This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.
London, England
Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.
London, England
Traveling collection of amazing automata.
London, England
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
London, England
A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
Boston, Massachusetts
Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
New Zealand
Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.
Sanremo, Italy
There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.
Viggianello, Italy
The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.
Noli, Italy
The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.
Palermo, Italy
This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.
Cagliari, Italy
A collection of wax anatomy by the great sculptor Clemente Susini.
Catania, Italy
A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.
Bologna, Italy
Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.
Piacenza, Italy
The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.