The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."

Once the legendary capital of the Dacian Kingdom, this city has been reduced to mere ruins.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

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

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.