This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

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

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.