London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
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London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
Herzberg am Harz, Germany
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
Härjedalen, Sweden
This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.
El Rosario, Mexico
The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
São Paulo, Brazil
The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.
Stavanger, Norway
Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.
Dublin, Ireland
An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.
José María Morelos, Mexico
Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Wattens, Austria
Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.
Havana, Cuba
No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Torrevieja, Spain
Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands
This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.
New York, New York
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
York, England
A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.
Prague, Czechia
The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.
Raufarhöfn, Iceland
This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.
Skibbereen, Ireland
This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.