The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An original apothecary from 1792.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Oldest building in California still in use.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.