Peru
Sarcofagi of Carajía
These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
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Peru
These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
Raufarhöfn, Iceland
This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.
Tlell, British Columbia
Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.
Mafra, Portugal
At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.
Skibbereen, Ireland
This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.
Avebury, England
The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.
Goodsprings, Nevada
The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Lima, Peru
Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.
Huntsville, Alabama
What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Spokane, Washington
Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.
Merritt Island, Florida
Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.
LaPlace, Louisiana
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.
Harvard, Massachusetts
This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Huallin, Peru
The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.