London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
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London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Sligo, Ireland
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.
Marion, Ohio
This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.
Brookfield, Massachusetts
Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.
Point Harbor, North Carolina
The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
Santa Monica, California
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
London, England
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.
Elberton, Georgia
A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
Alexandria, Virginia
America's first federal monument.
Ashburn, Georgia
A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.
Cawker City, Kansas
It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.
Boys Town, Nebraska
An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
Cleveland, North Carolina
Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Holywell, Wales
The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.
Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Denbigh, Wales
Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Carthage, Arkansas
Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.