New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
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Central City, Colorado
The Face on the Barroom Floor
This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.
Mons, Belgium
The Guardhouse Monkey
Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.
Minbu, Myanmar
Minbu Mud Volcanoes
These muddy eruptions are less deadly than actual volcanoes but also more holy.
Birmingham, Alabama
Sloss Furnaces
Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.
Milford, Connecticut
Charles Island
This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.
Rothesay, Scotland
Rothesay Victorian Loos
A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
Dragonfly Maze
Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.
St. Louis, Missouri
Pruitt-Igoe's Remains
An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.
Tomkins Cove, New York
Doodletown
Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.
Permanently Closed
Beijing, China
Dixia Cheng - Beijing's Underground City
Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.
Torba, Italy
Faceless Nuns of the Torba Monastery
An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.
London, England
Masonic Lodge of the Andaz Hotel
Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.
Hudson, New York
Olana
The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.
Russia
Fort Alexander
A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.
Dixon, California
Cool Patch Pumpkins Corn Maze
This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
Museo de las Brujas (Witches Museum)
A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.
Addison, Illinois
Nike Park
Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.
Becket, Massachusetts
Becket Land Trust Historic Quarry and Forest
Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.
Gdańsk, Poland
Gdansk Astronomical Clock
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Paris, France
Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Pacific Grove, California
Point Pinos Lighthouse
The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.
Oakland, California
Bay Area Thelemic Temple
A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Tower
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
