This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

Something's watching you.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

This Boy Scout retreat acted as "Friday the 13th"'s original Camp Crystal Lake.