Also known as Rye Castle, this 13th-century fortification later became a prison and held one of Rye's most famous criminals.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

A tropical rainforest designed to resemble a scene from the monumental film.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

"The country that ate itself."

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