Greece
The Oracle of Delphi
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
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Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Tarxien, Malta
One of Malta’s most important Neolithic sites sits in a suburban area south of the country’s capital.
Wrocław, Poland
It’s a painted window that looks completely real, hiding on a building in the market square.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.
Clare, Ireland
A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.
Wrocław, Poland
A mysterious concrete hand reaches out from between the stones of Uniwersytecki bridge.
Athens, Greece
With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.
Curtea de Argeș, Romania
According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.
Bath, England
The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath
Leadville, Colorado
This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.
Alet-les-Bains, France
This mysterious church sits discreetly above the Aude countryside, right in the heart of "Grail Country."
Bergamo, Italy
It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.
London, England
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
Williamstown, Vermont
The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.
Nafplio, Greece
This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.
La Grande, Oregon
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
Brooklyn, New York
This recipe is set in stone.
Mexico City, Mexico
This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.
Mexico City, Mexico
A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.
Mexico City, Mexico
These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.
Mexico City, Mexico
The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.