Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

An ancient stone wall formed by lava that was a frequent stop during funeral marches.

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.