Nagasaki, Japan
Gunkanjima Island
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
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Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Mount Surprise, Australia
White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Malindi, Kenya
Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Newcomb, New York
An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
Mount Carroll, Illinois
Former hotel turned into haunted playground.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.
Savannah, Georgia
This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Paris, France
A museum of magic with a Sadist past.
Tepoztlán, Mexico
High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.
Chillingham, England
This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.
Swansea, Australia
This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Stromness, Scotland
Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.
Tiraspol, Moldova
A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Bender, Moldova
A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.
Caraș-Severin, Romania
Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.