Places Edited by Rachel James

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

Natural saunas fed by volcanic heat.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.