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Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

A major Japanese execution ground site from the Middle Ages.

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

Legend says that a swarm of centipedes and snakes once crawled out of the tomb of this cursed princess.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz, who created the iconic cartoon that features Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and more.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

High in the trees or suspended between cables, these surreal structures are the works of a unique Japanese architect.

The grave of the mythical giant who stole from wealthy bakers to give to the poor.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

A larger-than-life representation of the humble aloe plant.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Local legend has it that the Devil's claw marks are etched into this distinctive rock.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

Thought to be the oldest Norman crypt in the world.

A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.

In the 16th century, a Franciscan monk pulled off a construction miracle by building a Roman-style aqueduct to save the town of Otumba, Mexico, from certain death.

This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.