Aspen, Colorado
Hunter S. Thompson Shrine
âYou better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.â â Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
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Aspen, Colorado
âYou better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.â â Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.
Litchfield, California
Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.
Noboribetsu, Japan
After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.
London, England
This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Santa Clarita, California
The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.
Homosassa, Florida
In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.
Santa Monica, California
A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as âa California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.â
Thirsk, England
The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
Qoqek, China
Eurasia's most difficult place to hang out, and farthest point from sea access.
Khangsar, Nepal
Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.
Durban, South Africa
The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.
Almere, Netherlands
Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.
Ćshima Island, Japan
This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.
Tokyo, Japan
Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."
Al-Khums, Libya
Magnificent Roman ruins lie vulnerable to destruction on the edge of the Mediterranean.
Fraser Island, Australia
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
Bahamas
A steamer run aground near Bimini lives a second life as a playground for scuba divers.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Austin, Texas
A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.
Los Angeles, California
Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.
Arkwright Town, England
When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.