Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

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

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.