Săpânța, Romania
The Merry Cemetery
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
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Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Sagada, Philippines
Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.
Prague, Czechia
An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.
Grabarka, Poland
Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.
Urbania, Italy
Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
Nokhur, Turkmenistan
A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.
Herzberg am Harz, Germany
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Foyers, Scotland
A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Binche, Belgium
The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.
Mengwi, Indonesia
A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.
Paulilatino, Italy
This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.
Paisley, Scotland
The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.