Saint Peter's, Montserrat
Montserrat's City of Ash
A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.
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Saint Peter's, Montserrat
A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.
Morne-A-l'Eau, Guadeloupe
At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.
Sint Willibrordus, Curaçao
This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.
Bermuda
The final resting place for Bermuda's British military, including a man who died of sunstroke.
Bermuda
Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.
King George Island, Antarctica
Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Tandjouare, Togo
Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.
Ndougou, Gabon
The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."
Bohicon, Benin
This subterranean town of over 50 dwellings lies thirty feet beneath the Earth's surface.
Seattle, Washington
Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.
Scarbro, West Virginia
Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.
New Cumberland, West Virginia
This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Philippi, West Virginia
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Kenova, West Virginia
Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.