Tepoztlán, Mexico
El Tepozteco
High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.
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Tepoztlán, Mexico
High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Newport, Rhode Island
A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.
Norfolk, Virginia
America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.
New York, New York
A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.
Bloomington, Indiana
The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.
New York, New York
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
Weehawken, New Jersey
The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.
Los Angeles, California
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Syracuse, New York
A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.
Waterbury, Connecticut
This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.
Sunderland, Massachusetts
This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"
Annapolis, Maryland
Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Middletown, Rhode Island
This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.
Việt Hưng, Vietnam
This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.
Northwest Territories
A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.
Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
Dundalk, Maryland
This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.