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Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

This site was once home to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The quiet resting place of a rock and roll legend.

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.