The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Stand astride the International Date Line in Fiji, with one foot in two different days.

The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

The world's shortest funicular ferries beachgoers a whopping 128 feet from clifftop to shore.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

The tallest waterfall in the Judean Desert is named for its connection to a biblical figure.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.