Places NoxArtemis Wants to Go

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

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

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

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

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

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.