This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

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

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.