Edinburgh, Scotland
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This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
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.
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
New York, New York
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
New York, New York
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.