Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

One of the only places where Earth’s mantle lies above water.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.