Queens, New York
76th Street Subway Station
Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.
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Queens, New York
Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.
Seattle, Washington
Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.
Seattle, Washington
This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.
Rennes-le-Château, France
The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.
Culpeper, Virginia
A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Saint-Pierre, Martinique
The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."
Airdrie, Scotland
A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.
Corsham, England
Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.
Yokohama, Japan
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.
Binissalem, Spain
Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.
Oslo, Norway
A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
Traverse City, Michigan
Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.
Pluckley, England
A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.
Šalinac, Serbia
An eerie, protected forest of old-growth oak trees, many of which are now dead.
Maidstone, England
This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.
Rybachiy, Russia
The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.
Copalis Crossing, Washington
This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.
Nienhagen, Germany
Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.
Zavalla, Texas
The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.
Melbourne, Australia
A striking bronze sculpture of a Roman goddess with two hound dogs for company.