"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.