Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Is this statue at Naumberg Cathedral the fairest of them all?

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.