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Charming bookshop for true-crime fans and horror aficionados, plus other books and odds and ends.

Tucked away near Gainesville, Lubee Bat Conservancy invites visitors to discover the surprising personalities of giant fruit bats while learning how protecting these misunderstood animals helps preserve forests around the world.

Another beautiful spot in the hidden universe of Eames Demetrios.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

An operating 19th-century lighthouse just on the southern tip of Sweden.

It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

A station imagined at the speed of light, where familiar fixtures slip out of place.

The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

Estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, this yew may be Britain’s oldest.

At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

Many miles south of Loch Ness, a similarly-named sea monster stands at the center of a roundabout.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Old-style open-air cages bringing you from Gubbio’s city center to the San'Ubaldo Basilica.

The Créac’h Lighthouse is the most powerful lighthouse in Europe, which gives you, at night, an eerie sense of serenity.