Helensburgh, Australia
Glowworm Tunnel
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
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Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Drymen, Scotland
This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Iceland
Rising from the sea like a stone monster.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Australia
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.