This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

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

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

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

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.