Louisville, Kentucky
The Witches' Tree
Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.
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Craftsbury, Vermont
Witch Windows
According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.
Rutland, Vermont
Wilson Castle
A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.
Waterbury, Vermont
Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Barre, Vermont
Hope Cemetery
This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.
Middlebury, Vermont
Grave of Amum-Her-Khepesh-Ef
The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Dog Chapel
A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.
Corinth, Vermont
East Corinth
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia
Orava Castle
The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."
Drogheda, Ireland
St. Oliver Plunkett's Head
The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.
Budapest, Hungary
The Holy Right
The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.
Tambov, Russia
Museum of Sin
A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.
Prague, Czechia
The Thief's Arm at Kostel Sv. Jakuba Vetsiho
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Locust Grove, Virginia
Grave of Stonewall Jackson's Arm
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
London, England
Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
Hunterian Museum
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
New Haven, Connecticut
The Cushing Center
An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
Prague, Czechia
St. Valentine’s Shoulder Blade
A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.
Naples, Italy
The Arm of St. Thomas Aquinas
The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.
Dawson City, Yukon
The Sourtoe Cocktail
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
Amiens, France
The Head of St. John the Baptist at Amiens Cathedral
The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.
Rome, Italy
The Head of St. John the Baptist at San Silvestro in Capite
One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.
Pavia, Italy
Antonio Scarpa's Head
What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?
Lisbon, Portugal
Preserved Head of Diogo Alves
An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.
