Ozark, Alabama
Longstreet Cemetery
Six separate cemeteries became one, on the grounds of a former schoolhouse.
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Ozark, Alabama
Six separate cemeteries became one, on the grounds of a former schoolhouse.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Below this enormous headstone lie Billy and Benny McCrary, better known as the "McGuire Twins."
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An unpaid bill, a stolen stone, and a famous fashion designer rest peacefully alongside a heroine of Highlands history.
Bagolino, Italy
An ancient cemetery hides behind a line of disparate chapels.
Paris, France
A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.
Taos, New Mexico
Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
Peoria, Illinois
This graveyard is home to the so-called "Witch's Circle."
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
A cemetery that holds graves for the forgotten children of a burned orphanage.
Moab, Utah
This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.
King Salmon, Alaska
One of Alaska's most significant ancient sites, spanning millennia and cultures, is right under the feet of some famously fat bears.
Québec City, Québec
A reconstituted ancestral village of the Huron-Wendat Nation.
Manaus, Brazil
This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.
Palenque, Mexico
After becoming locally extinct, this esteemed avian now flies free in the forests around the ancient ruins.
Creswell, North Carolina
This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.
Ghawr as-Safi, Jordan
This millennium-old site reflects a time when sugar was a treasured commodity.
Cliffony, Ireland
One of Ireland's best-preserved chambered cairns can be found next to a wishing tree.
Bath, England
The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
On a desolate hill overlooking McMurdo Station, a statue of the Virgin Mary stands inside a curved iron frame.
Southampton, England
Dedicated to the five postal workers who died aboard the doomed ocean liner, this plaque was made from a spare propeller from the Titanic.
Concord, Massachusetts
A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.
Bergen, Norway
A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.
London, England
These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.
Prestonpans, Scotland
A monument honoring 81 residents of this Scottish town who were executed for witchcraft in the 16th century.
Barcelona, Spain
These 2000 year old remains of a Roman aqueduct are hidden inside a hotel lobby.