Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
End of the World Cinema
An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.
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Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.
Mexico City, Mexico
This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.
Puebla, Mexico
The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.
Berkeley, California
A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Paris, France
A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.
New York, New York
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.
Amherst, Massachusetts
The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.
Peabody, Massachusetts
Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.
Suzhou, China
Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.
Newport, Rhode Island
The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.
Llandudno, Wales
The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.
Suzhou, China
Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.
Odesa, Ukraine
The largest catacomb system in the world.
Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.
Sharpsburg, Maryland
A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.