LaPlace, Louisiana
Frenier Cemetery
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
LaPlace, Louisiana
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
Brussels, Belgium
Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.
Glentrool, Scotland
A square stone tomb marks the spot where six men were killed while holding a service in Caldoris Wood.
Budapest, Hungary
A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.
Germantown, Pennsylvania
Hidden behind an empty field resides this early 19th-century cemetery.
Badin, North Carolina
The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.
Strathkinness, Scotland
The burial site of a murdered bishop and his alleged killers.
Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
Bangor, Maine
This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Trujillo, Peru
Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Atlanta, Georgia
Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.
Boston, Massachusetts
On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."
Bronx, New York
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.