Salzburg, Austria
St. Sebastian’s Cemetery
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
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Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
Schulenburg, Texas
Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
San Antonio, Texas
This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Beacon, New York
This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
San Diego, California
Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.
Liberty, New York
This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Tomkins Cove, New York
Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.
Bronx, New York
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
Bronx, New York
The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
Dresden, Germany
Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.