Godalming, England
Witley Wonder Underwater Ballroom
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
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Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
Shingo, Japan
A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."
Caracas, Venezuela
This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.
Karachi, Pakistan
For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Menchum, Cameroon
Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva PerĂ³n.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Malindi, Kenya
Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Koror, Palau
An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Takehara, Japan
Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
San Francisco, California
An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cat art as far as the eye can see.