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Objects including a crocheted figure of Castro himself.

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Museo Sergio Castro ‘YokChij’

A diverse collection from all over Chiapas, gathered by a philanthropist during his activism in the state.

Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant with its iconic red tower

Visaginas, Lithuania

Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Step inside a Soviet-designed nuclear power plant with RBMK reactors identical to the ones in Chernobyl.

View of the Baker Mansion from the Front Lawn.

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Baker Mansion

Once home to a wealthy ironmaster, this 19th-century mansion now holds unique relics from Blair County's past, and perhaps the spirits of its former occupants.

Faro Francesco Crispi

Tohen, Somalia

Lighthouse ‘Francesco Crispi’

This lighthouse at the very tip of the Horn of Africa in the Puntland region of Somalia is a relic of Italian fascism.

Naruto Strait and its famed whirlpools

Naruto, Japan

Naruto Whirlpools

The famed natural wonder that gave its name to a fishcake as well as one of the most popular anime series of all time.

Bonavox

Dublin, Ireland

Bonavox

This is the place where U2’s lead singer got his nickname.

Villers Abbey church ruins

Genappe, Belgium

Abbaye de Villers

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

The Oasis of Aboukir

Paris, France

The Oasis of Aboukir

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.

Haunted Museum of Borås

Borås, Sweden

Haunted Museum of Borås

Sweden’s first haunted museum showcases cursed dolls, mirrors, and relics said to carry lingering spirits.

Mount Irish Petroglyph Site

Hiko, Nevada

Mount Irish Extraterrestrial Petroglyph Site

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

La Payunia Reserve

Malargüe, Argentina

La Payunia Reserve

An otherworldly reserve of one of Earth’s densest volcanic fields and the world’s largest guanaco migration.

The devil's scratches

Pisa, Italy

Scratches of the Devil

The mysterious “claw marks” said to be left by the Devil on Pisa’s famous cathedral.

The Buckhorn Saloon exterior

Pinos Altos, New Mexico

The Buckhorn Saloon and Opera House

This 1863 adobe building is home to one of the oldest operating saloons in the Southwest.

Sainte Baume Grotto

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume, France

Sainte Baume Grotto

Legend says St. Mary Magdalene spent her final 30 years in a secluded mountain cave.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Brookline, Massachusetts

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

This historic house was the birthplace and childhood home of the 35th president of the United States.

Heart’s Content Cable Station

Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador

Heart’s Content Cable Station

The historic Newfoundland outpost where the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable made landfall.

Museo de la Memoria (Museum of Memory)

Ayacucho, Peru

Museo de la Memoria (Museum of Memory)

A house once used to feed orphans of a brutal conflict now serves as a museum honoring its victims.

Pagoda at Yamashiro

Los Angeles, California

Yamashiro

A majestic Japanese villa peculiarly towers over Hollywood Boulevard.

Swimming out to sea

Iż-Żebbuġ, Malta

Wied il-Għasri

Spectacular secluded inlet with clear waters flanked by limestone cliffs.

The interior of the Anna Göldi museum.

Ennenda, Switzerland

Anna Göldi Museum

The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.

Present day Huautla de Jiménez

Huautla de Jiménez, Mexico

Huautla de Jiménez

Southern Mexico under the influence of mushrooms, ceremony and celebrity.

Dress that Betty Hill wore the night of the claimed abduction, missing a swatch on the chest that was sent in for scientific analysis

Durham, New Hampshire

Betty and Barney Hill Archive

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

Pamela Colman Smith's Fireplace

London, England

Pamela Colman Smith's Fireplace

Inside a London bookstore, a fireplace that once belonged to the illustrator responsible for a famous set of tarot cards.

Danvers State Hospital
Permanently Closed

Danvers, Massachusetts

Danvers State Hospital

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

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