A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

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

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

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

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.