The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.