Gansbaai, South Africa
Shark Cage Diving in Gansbaai
An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
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Gansbaai, South Africa
An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
Bahamas
A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.
Playa Blanca, Spain
A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.
Bou Craa, Morocco
This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Acharnes, Greece
The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Oxford, England
The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.
Oxford, England
The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.
Valladolid, Mexico
If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.
Tulum, Mexico
An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.
Chumkopó, Mexico
A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.
Dzitnup, Mexico
These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Al Ula, Saudi Arabia
Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.
Nanwei, Micronesia
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Alexandria, Egypt
An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.
St. Louis, Missouri
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
Tambon Mae Raem, Thailand
You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.