Ashmore, Illinois
St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
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Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Washington, D.C.
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
Tocancipá, Colombia
A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.
Madrid, Spain
One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Peenemünde, Germany
The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.
Detroit, Michigan
The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.
Powell, Ohio
A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.
Bydgoszcz, Poland
An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.
Brooklyn, New York
Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.
Cologne, Germany
The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.
La Boulaye, France
The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Del Monte Forest, California
Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.
Washington, D.C.
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Killea, Ireland
A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.
Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
Landers, California
A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.
Exeter, Rhode Island
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
New York, New York
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.