Boston, Massachusetts
Great Boston Molasses Flood Plaque
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
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Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.
Boston, Massachusetts
This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.
Kyoto, Japan
This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.
Yoro, Honduras
Fish raining from the sky are the cause of a yearly celebration in this small Honduran town.
Saint-Ouen, France
An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.
Saint-Ouen, France
Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.
Asnières-sur-Seine, France
The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.
Wakayama, Japan
A Japanese shrine to dolls.
Inakadate, Japan
Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.
Oda, Japan
"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.
Rikuzentakata-shi, Japan
A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.
Miyoshi, Japan
Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.
Nagoro, Japan
As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.
Tsuruoka, Japan
The self-mummified monks of Japan.
Sakai Ward, Japan
One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.
Nara, Japan
Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.
Kyoto, Japan
When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.
Kyoto, Japan
Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.
Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.