Newport, Rhode Island
Grave of Ann Franklin
The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.
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Newport, Rhode Island
The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.
Newport, Rhode Island
The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Visit the remains of a notorious Victorian-era correctional facility.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These trenches were used to train the Scottish military for life on the frontlines of World War I.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Paris, France
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
Palermo, Italy
A network of underground water channels that dates back to the Middle Ages.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.
Salem, Massachusetts
Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.
Danvers, Massachusetts
This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.
San Francisco, California
Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.
Chichibu, Japan
This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.
Hakone, Japan
Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.
Kamakura, Japan
It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.
Kyoto, Japan
The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.