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Drink the 'Blood of Christ' in this Roman Catholic fever dream.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.

One of the largest Masonic temples in the world, created at the height of the oil boom in ostentatious style.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

This monumental neo-Renaissance tomb in Vyšehrad Cemetery is the final resting place for Czech cultural legends.

Northern Kentucky’s very own Notre Dame showcases intricate stained glass and the bones of saints.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

The preserved left hand of a saint once known as "the Pearl of York."

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

This ghost-town bar has bullet holes and plenty of stories lurking within its walls.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.