London, England
Strand Lane 'Roman Baths'
Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.
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London, England
Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.
Ischia, Italy
Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
Winchester, England
Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.
Los Angeles, California
A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Chartres, France
The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.
DeLand, Florida
The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.
Lakeland, Florida
A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Nowata, Oklahoma
To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.
Szatmárcseke, Hungary
Hundreds of boat-shaped headstones fill this graveyard as part of a centuries-old custom with mysterious origins.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Gainesville, Florida
Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.
Captiva, Florida
This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.
Opa-locka, Florida
America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
Aurora, Ontario
Canada's first pet cemetery is now abandoned.
Key West, Florida
A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Lake Helen, Florida
Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
San Francisco, California
The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.