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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.
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Kutna Hora, Czechia

Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"

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

The Evolution Store

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
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Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
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Isle of Staffa, Scotland

Fingal's Cave

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
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Ishinomaki, Japan

Cat Island

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
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Paris, France

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Hyden, Australia

Wave Rock

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.
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Sydney, Australia

Gould's Book Arcade

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.
Darwin, Australia

Cage of Death

Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.
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Frewville, Australia

The Butterfly Room

Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.
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Australia

Ball's Pyramid

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
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Melbourne, Australia

The Haunted Bookshop

Occult books, tarot, oddities.
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Los Angeles, California

Halloween House

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
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Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Tower Apartments

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
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Los Angeles, California

Evergreen Memorial Park & Crematory

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.
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Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
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Los Angeles, California

Necromance

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Los Angeles, California

The Museum of Death

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
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Detroit, Michigan

Michigan Theatre

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.
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Deadwood, South Dakota

Mt. Moriah Cemetery

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
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Chicago, Illinois

The Fountain of Time

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
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Midlothian, Illinois

Bachelor's Grove Cemetery

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.
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Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana Medical History Museum

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.
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