Venice, Italy
San Servolo Insane Asylum Museum
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
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Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Salem, West Virginia
This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Ruthin, Wales
This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.
Athens, Ohio
An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.
London, Ontario
Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.
Ovid, New York
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
Laurel, Maryland
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.
Traverse City, Michigan
A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.
Bristol, England
There's a labyrinth of manmade tunnels stretching for over an acre beneath Bristol.
Bristol, England
A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.
Tambov, Russia
A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Haiti
This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Miskolc, Hungary
This castle played host to the largest great hall found in medieval Central Europe.