Corfu, Greece
The British Cemetery
The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Corfu, Greece
The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.
Eureka, Utah
These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.
Brooklyn, West Virginia
The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.
Kisiljevo, Serbia
The final resting place of one of the first alleged vampires.
Brussels, Belgium
Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.
Nevada City, California
A grave dedicated to the pioneers who settled California.
Glentrool, Scotland
A square stone tomb marks the spot where six men were killed while holding a service in Caldoris Wood.
Brandywine, Maryland
This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.
Germantown, Pennsylvania
Hidden behind an empty field resides this early 19th-century cemetery.
Strathkinness, Scotland
The burial site of a murdered bishop and his alleged killers.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Beaver Island, Michigan
On a remote island in the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, a museum of collectibles collides with a vintage toy store.
Minnesota
A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.
Boston, Massachusetts
On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Bronx, New York
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
Captiva, Florida
Known as the most resilient water tower in the region.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.