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Ghosts of empires past. It's Halloween!
Forget the fog machine. Frankfurt, Germany, has something far more effective: a Gothic cathedral with a tower that looks ready for a midnight séance. St. Bartholomew's Cathedral, seen here, has the medieval silhouette Halloween practically ordered for itself. But the holiday's own history is even stranger.
Entrance of Bran Castle in Bran, Brașov, Romania
Chimera of Notre-Dame de Paris, France
Halloween jack-o'-lanterns on a porch
Grotesques at York Minster, North Yorkshire, England
The Dark Hedges in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Corvin Castle, Romania
Theatre of Lost Souls
Paranormal portraits
Phyllidia coelestis, a sea slug
Happy Halloween!
Homage to legendary ghost stories