Rapa Nui, Chile
Pu o Hiro (Hiro's Trumpet)
In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.
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Rapa Nui, Chile
In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.
Rapa Nui, Chile
This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The world's most remote airport.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.
Rapa Nui, Chile
This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.
England
No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
East Sussex, England
England's most notorious suicide spot.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Chislehurst, England
Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.
Rayleigh, England
This octagonal cottage is the smallest and the oldest council house in the United Kingdom.
Braintree, England
You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.
East Somerton, England
A witch wreaks ruinous revenge on this ancient church with her "enchanted leg."
Blythburgh, England
A legendary ghostly hound supposedly left dark marks on a place of worship.