Aleutians West, Alaska
Kiska Island
The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.
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Aleutians West, Alaska
The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.
London, England
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
Ypres, Belgium
The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Cavite City, Philippines
A man-made island designed to look like a massive battleship.
Saty, Kazakhstan
Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Louisville, Kentucky
This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Kaumakani, Hawaii
A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.
Micronesia
Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Hinatuan, Philippines
A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.
Catarman, Philippines
A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.
Mena Creek, Australia
A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.
Fraser Island, Australia
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.