Naples, Italy
Birthplace of the Pizza Margherita Plaque
A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.
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Naples, Italy
A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Peninsula, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Gibsonton, Florida
The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Abandoned former poorhouse, bible college, and haunted house in an Ohio hamlet.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Louisville, Kentucky
This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
Loveland, Ohio
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Hamilton, Ohio
A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
McArthur, Ohio
The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.
Miamisburg, Ohio
The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.
Marion, Ohio
This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.