The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.