Edinburgh, Scotland
Dunbar's Close
A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
Glasgow, Scotland
A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Richmond, Virginia
Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.
Richmond, Virginia
Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.
Frackville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.
Indiana, Pennsylvania
The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.
Orefield, Pennsylvania
America's oldest drive-in movie theater has been in continuous operation since 1934.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.
Washington, Pennsylvania
Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
An unusual and eclectic collection of local historical memorabilia.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.
Kempton, Pennsylvania
Beautiful views of the surrounding hills and birds of prey can be found at this sanctuary.