Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The hearts of 54 Habsburg royals received special burials here separate from their bodies.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This stone bridge is all that remains of a submerged New Jersey town.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.