Rome, Italy
The Mouth of Truth
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
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Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rome, Italy
Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.
Salem, Massachusetts
One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.
Salem, Massachusetts
A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.
Glasgow, Scotland
In the depths of Glasgow Cathedral's crypt, one pillar stands out from all others.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Glasgow, Scotland
Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.
Glasgow, Scotland
This two-legged horse statue celebrates a beloved cartoonist and his quirky characters.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.
San Diego, California
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
Salem, Massachusetts
The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
Sutton, Massachusetts
This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
London, England
An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.