Mecca, California
Salton Sea
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
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Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.