Berchtesgaden, Germany
Berchtesgaden Salt Mine
Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.
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Berchtesgaden, Germany
Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.
Willemstad, Curaçao
Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.
Los Angeles, California
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Ylöjärvi, Finland
This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.
Risoul, France
Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.
The Hague, Netherlands
Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies
Brooklyn, New York
A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Clackamas County, Oregon
Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
Huesca, Spain
A breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradise.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
CaraČ™-Severin, Romania
Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.
Ulaganskiy rayon, Russia
Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.
Herentals, Belgium
This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.