Salem, Massachusetts
The Witch House of Salem
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
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Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…
Tomigusuku, Japan
Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.
Gdańsk, Poland
Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.
Musanze, Rwanda
Burial site of the world's most widely known researcher on the endangered mountain gorilla.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France
Huge Russian Orthodox cemetery in danger of being converted into open public space.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
Ikeda, Japan
An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.
Nagano, Japan
This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.
Paris, France
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Zlēkas parish, Latvia
The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Yalta, Ukraine
Over 300 wood sculptures depicting characters from Slavic, Greek and Western folk tales fill this magical garden.
Courtenay, British Columbia
At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
Sasebo, Japan
Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.