East Liverpool, Ohio
Sturgis House Mortuary Museum
This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
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East Liverpool, Ohio
This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
Murdo, South Dakota
The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.
Hermosa, South Dakota
Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.
Ames, Iowa
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
West Des Moines, Iowa
A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Naftalan, Azerbaijan
In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff.
Baku, Azerbaijan
A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.
Akna, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan
This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.
Qaradagh, Azerbaijan
Complete town of 5,000 living out at sea on the world's first offshore oil platform.
Şuşa, Azerbaijan
A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.
Qobustan, Azerbaijan
Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.
Qobustan, Azerbaijan
Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.
Khndzoresk, Armenia
Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.
Tatev, Armenia
Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.
Baghdad, Iraq
A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.
Baghdad, Iraq
A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.
Baghdad, Iraq
This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.
Al-Chibayish, Iraq
Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.
Orost, Iran
Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.