New Orleans, Louisiana
Tiny Tombs
In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.
Brooklyn, New York
For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.
Saint Charles, Idaho
Idaho’s largest, deepest limestone cave is known for its quirky rock formations and bat population.
London, England
This statue in Holland Park might be one of London’s oldest outdoor statues, but its exact origins are unknown.
Nihommatsu, Japan
Local legend claims that this is the final resting place of an infamous cannibal hag.
London, England
This is London's smallest listed building.
Bristol, England
A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.
New Orleans, Louisiana
One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.
Salisbury, England
The twice-stolen hand of an alleged card cheat, with its final set of playing cards.
Galveston, Texas
The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.
Morioka, Japan
Legend says that a swarm of centipedes and snakes once crawled out of the tomb of this cursed princess.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Lastingham, England
Thought to be the oldest Norman crypt in the world.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Venice, Italy
Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Visit Europe's largest subterranean waterfall, carved by water from the glaciers of the towering peaks surrounding the valley.
Oak Island, North Carolina
The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.
Tokyo, Japan
A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.
Winnemucca, Nevada
It may no longer take overnight guests, but the Martin still makes out-of-towners feel at home—just like it has for the past century.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.
Tokyo, Japan
Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.