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An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A wild Hollywood resort thwarted by mosquitoes.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

The world's longest known cave system.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.