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The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

The remains of the man who founded Pennsylvania lie in an unassuming grave in the English countryside.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

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