Edinburgh, Scotland
The Burryman
As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Edinburgh, Scotland
As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Jodhpur, India
Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.
Consuegra, Spain
This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.
Itaguaí, Brazil
An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Onsted, Michigan
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Ōsaki, Japan
A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.
Lemery, Philippines
The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."
Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Amherstburg, Ontario
An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.
Port Orange, Florida
Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.
Bangor, Maine
This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."
Guyana
A nesting ground for four of the world’s seven marine turtle species, most of which are endangered.
Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
Charleston, Newfoundland and Labrador
An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.
Nanwei, Micronesia
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Providence, Rhode Island
A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.
Boston, Massachusetts
On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.
Nikko, Japan
This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
North Bennington, Vermont
The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.