Huntsville, Alabama
Dead Children's Playground
What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?
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Huntsville, Alabama
What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?
Spokane, Washington
Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Merritt Island, Florida
Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.
Harvard, Massachusetts
This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Nafplio, Greece
This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.
Central City, Colorado
Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
San Bernardino, California
The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Thousands of colorful pirogues showcase ingenious craftsmanship at the largest fishermen port in Nouakchott.
Kawasaki, Japan
Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.
Spokane, Washington
A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.
Rothsay, Minnesota
The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Cabezón de la Sal, Spain
An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.
Culver City, California
Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.