Skipton, England
Bolton Strid
This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.
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Skipton, England
This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.
Port Orford, Oregon
A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.
Rjukan, Norway
For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.
Auckland, New Zealand
A network of fortifications that never saw conflict.
Carbondale, Illinois
In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.
Prague, Czechia
One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
London, England
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
Namibia
Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Oxford, England
The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.
Olomouc, Czechia
A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Los Angeles, California
An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Fribourg, Switzerland
This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.