An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.