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One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

A small cave hidden deep within the Jenny Jump State Forest.

Originally built in 1869, this castle is currently part of Felician University's campus.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.