Houston, Texas
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
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Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.
Taza Province, Morocco
The true depths of these stunning Moroccan caves are unknown.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Orvieto, Italy
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
Manchester, England
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
New York, New York
New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Brookline, Massachusetts
This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Ronda, Spain
An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Neuheim, Switzerland
These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.
Feldbach, Switzerland
A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.
Rome, Italy
An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Dump, Belize
A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.