Yachats, Oregon
Thor’s Well
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
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Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
East Hampton, New York
This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.
Laguna Beach, California
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
Hebron, New Hampshire
The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".
Abilene, Kansas
A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador
This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.
Campaka, Indonesia
These broken shards of ancient ruin may hide an ancient pyramid.
Taunggyi, Myanmar
A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Havana, Cuba
In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.
Gran Sabana, Venezuela
This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
Kish, Iran
This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.
Angle Inlet, Minnesota
America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.
Diamer District, Pakistan
A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.
Varstu Parish, Estonia
A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.
Garfield County, Utah
Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.
Mayfield, Kentucky
Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.
Karmoy, Norway
A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.