Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

The much-beloved mascot of a local museum.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.