A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

An original apothecary from 1792.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.