At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.