Places Edited by Rachel James

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

Island, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abandoned resort.

Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

A cave covered with bizarre stalactites of cloth.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

Thailand's country villages continue the tradition of gong-making, and invite visitors to watch the process.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

An ancient jungle temple carved into a rocky overhang of the Dane Soung Plateau.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.