This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

Ancient traditions and surreal birdwatching come into sharp relief along one of the world's most polluted rivers.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.