Auburn, Kentucky
South Union Shaker Village
The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.
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Auburn, Kentucky
The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.
Bermuda
Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.
New York, New York
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Tartu, Estonia
The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Znojmo, Czechia
This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.
Brooklyn, New York
Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
Norresundby, Denmark
This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.
Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.
St. Francisville, Louisiana
Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.
Gland, Switzerland
This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.
Tonnerre, France
This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Barre, Massachusetts
Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Berlin, Germany
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Lake Forest, Illinois
The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Annapolis, Maryland
Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.