Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elfreth's Alley
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Xilitla, Mexico
This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.
San Diego, California
San Diego's most historic and haunted home.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
Horning's Mills, Ontario
This extensive nuclear fallout shelter built from 42 school buses could house 500 people in its tunnels.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
Alcoa, Tennessee
One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.
Beverly Hills, California
Hidden away among the quiet streets of Beverly Hills, this small park is a haven for walkers and wildlife.
Beverly Hills, California
Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."
Beverly Hills, California
One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.
Ukiah, California
Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.
Point Arena, California
The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.
Sea Ranch, California
This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.
Cairo, Egypt
An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Sudan
All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."
Qatar
Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Nassau, Bahamas
The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.
Puerto Inca, Peru
This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Peru
These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
Raufarhöfn, Iceland
This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.