The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.

One of the world's most unusual events combines headbanging and needlework.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.