Tokyo, Japan
Oiteke Bori
This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.
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Tokyo, Japan
This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.
Tokyo, Japan
A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.
Tokyo, Japan
A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).
Nasu, Japan
Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.
Tokyo, Japan
A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.
Ichikawa, Japan
Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.
Los Angeles, California
Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."
Corinth, Vermont
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
Harmony, Maine
Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."
Los Angeles, California
This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
Washington, Connecticut
New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.
Los Angeles, California
This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.
Fagersta N, Sweden
Few would expect the world's oldest preserved oil refinery to be found in Sweden.
Melbourne, Australia
This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.
Melbourne, Australia
The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.
Melbourne, Australia
Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.
Melbourne, Australia
A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.
Gary, Indiana
This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.
San Francisco, California
A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.
Mokra Gora, Serbia
An idyllic traditional timber village on a picturesque hill was built for a film.
La Ciotat, France
This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.
Columbia, New Jersey
Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.