Port Arthur, Australia
Port Arthur Penal Colony
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
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Port Arthur, Australia
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.
Islamorada, Florida
This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.
Nagasaki, Japan
The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.
Nagasaki, Japan
A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.
Nagasaki, Japan
The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Corinth, Vermont
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
Hancock, Maine
The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.
Oakland, California
Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.
Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia
The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."
Falls Church, Virginia
This eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.
Sedona, Arizona
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
Glasgow, Scotland
This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The only Native American comic shop in the world.
Easton, Maryland
The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.
Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.
Oroville, California
A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.
Gunnison, Colorado
The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.
Bladensburg, Maryland
George Washington once stopped by this house for dinner.
San Francisco, California
Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.
West Orange, New Jersey
Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.