Paris, France
House of Nicolas Flamel
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
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Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Laem Sak, Thailand
This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Oroszlány, Hungary
This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.
Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Stromness, Scotland
Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.