Kassel, Germany
Museum of Sepulchral Culture
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
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Kassel, Germany
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
Milan, Italy
Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.
Campillo de Dueñas, Spain
This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.
Augsburg, Germany
In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Laval, Québec
This haunted corpse of a drive-in is now a graffiti-covered ruin.
York, Maine
New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.
Stavanger, Norway
Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.
Caterham, England
If God were a skater, this would clearly be His park of choice.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
Liepāja, Latvia
These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.
Jonesport, Maine
The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.
Dhangadhi, Nepal
Nepal's first aviation museum found a logical home in the most unexpected place.
Nairobi, Kenya
Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.
Sweden
Once the nail factory shut its doors, this Swedish factory town was abandoned, leaving behind a modern ghost town.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.
Iceland
These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.
Skørping, Denmark
This Danish park has celebrated the American independence day since 1912.
Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Reykholt, Iceland
This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.
Klampenborg, Denmark
The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.