"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

London's old-school healing garden.

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

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

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

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

This restored opera house is named after a soprano known for tragic romance, exile, and a truly uncomfortable wedding.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

Asia's largest limestone cave is home to a world of plastic goblins and gold mining history.