New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
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New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.
Alliance, Ohio
A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.
Glenelg North, Australia
The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.
Mossel Bay, South Africa
South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.
Sydney, Australia
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Sydney, Australia
An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.
Seattle, Washington
Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.
San Francisco, California
A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.
New York, New York
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.