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The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

The forest has reclaimed nearly everything—streets included—from this failed Pennsylvania "City of Heaven" that was once deeded directly to God.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

A striking symbol of the Troubles, this semi-demolished prison was home to the largest prison escape in the history of the British Isles.

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.