Prospect Hill, North Carolina
Shangri-La Stone Village
A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.
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Prospect Hill, North Carolina
A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.
Rougemont, North Carolina
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
Cameron, North Carolina
The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.
Wicklow, Ireland
An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.
Grangewilliam, Ireland
Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland
There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.
Dublin, Ireland
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
New York, New York
An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.
New York, New York
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.
New York, New York
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
New York, New York
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Wamba, Spain
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Rome, Italy
Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.