Pont-Saint-Esprit, France
The Hallucinations of Pont-Saint-Esprit
A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?
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Pont-Saint-Esprit, France
A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Paris, France
Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.
Chamonix, France
An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.
Chamonix, France
Trek up this glacier before it disappears.
Paris, France
The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.
Paris, France
Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
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.
Ruthin, Wales
This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Long Beach, California
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
Friday Harbor, Washington
This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Lincoln, Nebraska
A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.
San Luis, Colorado
This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.
Lakeside, Colorado
One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.
Boulder, Colorado
This unassuming building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of cars created by automotive legend Carroll Shelby.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Above Breckenridge, a destructive mining technique sits sunken in a small pond.