Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
Douaumont Ossuary
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
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Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
A gruesome memorial for those lost in this area during the Khmer Rouge genocide.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Flateyri, Iceland
The oldest bookstore in Iceland.
Keflavík, Iceland
A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.
Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland
One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.
Eskifjörður, Iceland
This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.
Iceland
A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.
Foyers, Scotland
A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Los Angeles, California
A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.
Stokkseyri, Iceland
Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.
Skagaströnd, Iceland
This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.
Iceland
Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
Iceland
This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.