This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Moorish signal station on a stratgic rocky outcrop.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.