The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

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

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.