Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

An architectural marvel that dates back to the zenith of Indian architecture.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

According to legend, King Arthur killed a beast that dwelled beneath the waters of this Welsh lake.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

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

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.