Vanuatu
Mount Yasur
This South Pacific volcano has been blowing its stack for over 800 years and is said to be home to a cult leader waiting to be reborn.
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Vanuatu
This South Pacific volcano has been blowing its stack for over 800 years and is said to be home to a cult leader waiting to be reborn.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Alrewas, England
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Washington, D.C.
A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.
Holywell, Wales
The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Peninsula, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.
Sydney, Australia
A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.
Berlin, Germany
A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.
Deniliquin, Australia
The world's largest gathering of flatbed coupes can be found annually at this rural festival in New South Wales.
Guatape, Colombia
Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.
Cook Islands
A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.
Fraserburgh, Scotland
An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.
Reids Flat, Australia
The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Woodstock, New York
A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.
Edertal, Germany
Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.
Queens, New York
The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.
Delft, Netherlands
Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.