This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

A former elementary school houses one man's extensive collection of art, artifacts, and taxidermy.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

A 1542-foot-long suspension bridge offers scenic mountain views.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.