Rye, Colorado
Bishop Castle
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
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Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
North Bend, Washington
Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.
Issaquah, Washington
A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Decaying 18th-century church converted to a single-family home.
Elsdon, England
A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.
Morpeth, England
This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Galveston, Texas
This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.
Galveston, Texas
A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Oxford, England
Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.
Alton Barnes, England
This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
North Berwick, Scotland
The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
Drymen, Scotland
This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."