The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.