Beelitz, Germany
Beelitz Heilstätten
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
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Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Nanwei, Micronesia
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Los Angeles, California
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Urfa, Turkey
A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.
Raigad, India
A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Mena Creek, Australia
A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.
Tokyo, Japan
Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Mexico
The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia
An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."
London, England
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
San Francisco, California
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.