Places PauI Wants to Go

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

The ruins of this medieval castle on a foggy hill tell the story of a once-mighty empire.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A 14th century castle built on the seat of a mighty giant.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

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

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.