One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

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

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.