Reggello, Italy
Sammezzano Castle
On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.
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Reggello, Italy
On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.
Chicago, Illinois
This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.
Perry, Florida
The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Bogotá, Colombia
Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.
Cape Palliser, New Zealand
These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.
Hoenderloo, Netherlands
This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.
Manchester, England
Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.
Guangzhou, China
A replica of the Statue of Liberty watches over the tomb of 72 Chinese revolutionaries.
Ghent, Belgium
This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.
Cockeysville, Maryland
Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.
Duncans Mills, California
Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.
Buinen, Netherlands
The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.
Davenport, Australia
The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Thompson, Utah
A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Banyuputih, Indonesia
Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.
Rockport, Massachusetts
An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.