Chicago, Illinois
Couch Place (The Alley of Death)
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
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Chicago, Illinois
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
Windber, Pennsylvania
An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.
Elkhart, Indiana
The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."
Washington, D.C.
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
Regensburg, Germany
This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.
York, England
One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Cliveden Estate, England
Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.
Harrogate, England
Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.
Frankfurt, Germany
The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.
Essen, Germany
Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Stekene, Belgium
Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.
Potsdam, Germany
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Watertown, Massachusetts
The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Qujing, China
A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.
Phonsavan, Laos
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.