A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.

This 19th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

An eerie gravel road full of shards of red bricks leads to the ruins of a deserted factory.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

A museum dedicated to the famous Mexican illustrator's iconic calaveras.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

This flagship of the Mexican Navy has had a bumpy second life after being retired from service.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.