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Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.

This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."