New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's Tomb
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
Cortona, Italy
The eerie ruins of this feudal fortress witnessed the execution of 60 conspirators in 1387.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Ischia, Italy
Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
Haverhill, Massachusetts
It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.
Rosendale, New York
This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
Newport, Rhode Island
A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.
Newport, Rhode Island
A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.
Newport, Rhode Island
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Exeter, Rhode Island
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Hopkinton, Rhode Island
This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.
Madrid, Spain
Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Licenza, Italy
The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.
Rome, Italy
An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.
Rome, Italy
The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Las Vegas, Nevada
A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.
Las Vegas, Nevada
“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.