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New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
Added by Walter
Bergen, Norway

Lepramuseet (Leprosy Museum)

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.
jiblite Added by jiblite
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Dinosaur of Ta Prohm

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?
Added by ilbonito
Tombstone, Arizona

The Bird Cage Theater

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.
Raigad, India

Murud Janjira fort

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.
East Sussex, England

Beachy Head

England's most notorious suicide spot.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Nor Yungas, Bolivia

North Yungas Road

Death road of Bolivia.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Whitby, England

Whitby Museum, Library & Archive

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Duckhead Added by Duckhead
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia

Hotel Sidi Driss

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Sagada, Philippines

Hanging Coffins of Sagada

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.
Added by wbagadion
Plouha, France

Dance of Death at Chapelle Kermaria an Iskuit

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.
Added by ed phillis
Oradour-sur-Glane, France

Oradour

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Added by ed phillis
Johannesburg, South Africa

Ponte Tower

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Rio Vista, California

Foster's Big Horn

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.
King George Island, Antarctica

Trinity Church on King George Island

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Margate City, New Jersey

Lucy the Elephant

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Dawson City, Yukon

The Sourtoe Cocktail

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
płocki, Poland

Warsaw Radio Mast Remains

The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.
Added by Alpha
Toronto, Ontario

R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.
Added by Henry
Flanders, New York

Big Duck

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.
Added by greg
Spratly Islands

Spratly Islands

The most disputed archipelago in the world.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Allouville-Bellefosse, France

Le Chêne Chapelle (The Chapel Oak)

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Pyongyang, North Korea

Ryugyong Hotel

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."
stanestane Added by stanestane
Oslo, Norway

Fram Museum

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.
stanestane Added by stanestane