The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

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

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

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.