Trethevy, England
St. Nectan's Kieve
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
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Trethevy, England
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Lima, Peru
A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Kose Parish, Estonia
This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.
Capannori, Italy
This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.
Agios Tychon, Cyprus
Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Tiraspol, Moldova
A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Leuk, Switzerland
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.
Dansville, New York
Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.
Queens, New York
A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
London, England
This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.
Los Angeles, California
A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.