Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

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

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Because there's no place like home.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.