Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

An ideal wedding spot that is almost too ideal.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.