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One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

Prehistoric history as seen through the lens of an outsider artist.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The remains of an entire Roman city can be explored in this interactive museum.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A magical world of elves and fairies tucked amongst the trees in Colombia.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.