The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

New York's oldest magic store.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

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

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The whiskey producer's archives includes a historical list of infractions committed by and associated penalties exacted upon employees.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.