According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

This mysterious church sits discreetly above the Aude countryside, right in the heart of "Grail Country."

It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

This recipe is set in stone.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.