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.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Glendalough, Ireland
A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.
Galway, Ireland
At this cozy bar tucked down a hidden Galway backroad, Guinness makes the Gaelic come out.
Cork, Ireland
This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.
Galway, Ireland
The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The history and future of cannabis.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This is the house that spite built.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Somerville, Massachusetts
The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Ocaklı Köyü, Turkey
An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.