The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

Of all the unique artifacts inside this library, a mummified hand stands out among the others.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Legend has it that this stone moves down to the river sometimes to have a drink.