Prague, Czechia
'Il Commendatore' ('Cloak of Conscience')
This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.
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Prague, Czechia
This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.
Monrovia, California
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
Pyongyang, North Korea
One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph is the second tallest triumphal arch in the world.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.
Pyongyang, North Korea
North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."
Monterey, California
Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.
London, England
According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.
Quedlinburg, Germany
The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands
The decaying remains of a ship whose captain mysteriously disappeared.
Madison, Wisconsin
The only thing these street signs will help you navigate is your imagination.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Mauritania
Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.
Washoe County, Nevada
An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.
Schiphol, Netherlands
A solid steel plane designed to catch fire over and over again.
Woolsey, Nevada
A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.
Leeds, England
The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.