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Lipstick, flowers

Los Angeles, California

Marilyn Monroe's Crypt

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The Kempe Stones in the snow

Dundonald, Northern Ireland

Kempe Stones

This large neolithic tomb, also known as Greengraves, is hidden off a Northern Irish road.

The FBI's spy house on Wisconsin Ave. Cameras could be seen in the tinted skylights on the roof.

Washington, D.C.

FBI Spy House

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

Halloween face jugs.

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Castle Halloween Museum

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

A decorated entryway.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Wooden Quilt Doors

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Breakfast Room hidden door.

Asheville, North Carolina

Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh, Auvers-sur-Oise, France

Auvers-sur-Oise, France

Grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

Closeup of the sculpture

Munich, Germany

Wolfsbrunnen

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

Faulkner House Books.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Faulkner House Books

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

Wyrd Leatherworks and Mead Bar

Milwaukie, Oregon

Wyrd Leatherworks and Meadery

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

The Tombstone House.

Petersburg, Virginia

The Tombstone House

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Spakenes kystfort

Rotsund, Norway

Spåkenes Coastal Fort

The gnarled remains of an exploded German bunker from World War II sit along a breathtaking fjord.

Tomba di Nerone (Tomb of Nero)

Rome, Italy

Tomba di Nerone (Tomb of Nero)

Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.

Inside the Passetto

Rome, Italy

Passetto di Borgo

The Pope’s secret escape route.

Marks left on a small wooden table and on the sleeve and chemise of the Venerable Mother Isabella Fornari, abbess of the Poor Clares of the Monastery of St. Francis in Todi. The four marks were left by the deceased Fr. Panzini, former Abbot Olivetano of Mantua, on the 1st November 1731.

Rome, Italy

Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

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Rome, Italy

Via Appia

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Juliet's sarcophagus.

Verona, Italy

'Juliet's Tomb'

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

Santa Justa Lift

Lisbon, Portugal

Santa Justa Lift

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The candle shop.

Lisbon, Portugal

Caza das Vellas Loreto

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The York Ghost Merchants

York, England

The York Ghost Merchants

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

The Tomb of Hannah Courtoy

London, England

Tomb Of Hannah Courtoy

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

The Coronation Stone

London, England

The Coronation Stone

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

Cleopatra's Needle.

London, England

Cleopatra's Needle Shrapnel Scars

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon in its new location in 2020

London, England

Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

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