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This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.