Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.