Ercolano, Italy
Herculaneum
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
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Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Stratford, Connecticut
The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Los Angeles, California
One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Iceland
Rising from the sea like a stone monster.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
London, England
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.