London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

A living art gallery painted on a canvas of Monterey pine trees.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

An archeological treasure trove stumbled upon by a couple of children.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.