Venice, Italy
Lazzaretto Nuovo
The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."
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Venice, Italy
The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."
London, England
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Port Royal, Jamaica
Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Ardino, Bulgaria
An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Amiens, France
The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.
Bari, Italy
A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Višňové, Slovakia
The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Neustadt, Germany
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.
Juodkrantė, Lithuania
Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.
Dublin, Ireland
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Champa, Mexico
The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.
Bodo, Norway
World's strongest whirlpool.