Margate City, New Jersey
Lucy the Elephant
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
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Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.
San Miguel Ameyalco, Mexico
A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.
Tolantongo, Mexico
The development of this cliffside waterpark is representative of Mexico's history of co-op tourism developments.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.
Toluca, Mexico
Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."
Aguascalientes, Mexico
A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.
Tulum, Mexico
An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.
Mexico City, Mexico
Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.
Mexico City, Mexico
A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.
Mexico City, Mexico
Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.
Dzitnup, Mexico
These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
Islas Marietas, Mexico
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
Berlin, Maryland
Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
Fenwick Island, Delaware
A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.
Lewes, Delaware
A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.
Rio Grande, New Jersey
Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.
Lake City, Colorado
The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.
Port Orange, Florida
Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.
Yakushima, Japan
The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'
Columbia, Pennsylvania
North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.