Dublin, Ireland
Museum of Curiosities
A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.
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Dublin, Ireland
A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.
Paradise Valley, Arizona
A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.
Rome, Italy
Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.
Nashville, Tennessee
Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”
Little River, South Carolina
Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Zachary, Louisiana
One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.
Hoyvík, Faroe Islands
Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Bentonville, Arkansas
A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.
Islas Marietas, Mexico
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
New Haven, Connecticut
After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.
Leeds, Alabama
This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.
Banff, Alberta
The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
White Oaks, New Mexico
In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.
Marmaris, Turkey
According to local legends, the shallow sandbar that allows visitors to walk across Orhaniye Bay has a tragic backstory.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.