Walbrzych, Poland
Książ Castle
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
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Walbrzych, Poland
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Waxahachie, Texas
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.
Denton, Texas
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Hondo, Texas
On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.
Aurora, Texas
This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.
Los Angeles, California
A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.
Los Angeles, California
Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Los Angeles, California
A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
San Francisco, California
Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.