Beaufort, Luxembourg
Beaufort Castles
This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.
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Beaufort, Luxembourg
This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.
Tainan City, Taiwan
Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.
Royal National Park, Australia
A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.
Lloydminster, Alberta
This Canadian city is actually two-in-one, even if they only respect the timezone of one side.
Courtenay, British Columbia
At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Pomfret, Connecticut
A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Sanborn Township, Michigan
One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.
Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.
Edmonton, Alberta
This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.
Peebles, Scotland
This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.
Falkland Islands
This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.
Hardwick, New Jersey
This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.
Providence, Rhode Island
To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.
Melbourne, Australia
Occult books, tarot, oddities.