The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.