Astoria, Oregon
Goonie Trails
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
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Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Turner, Oregon
This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Baltimore, Maryland
A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.
Brooklyn, New York
At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.
Stockholm, Sweden
A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.
Palm Springs, California
The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.
Big Sur, California
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.
Toronto, Ontario
The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Islas Marietas, Mexico
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Paris, France
Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.