Oakland, California
Jonestown Memorial
The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Oakland, California
The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.
Dawson, Pennsylvania
A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.
Chartres, France
The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plagued by riots, celebrity injuries and a tragic death, this amusement park has been demolished.
Calcata Vecchia, Italy
Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.
Snagov Island, Romania
This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).
Saugus, Massachusetts
The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.
Lynn, Massachusetts
A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Concord, New Hampshire
Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.
Lyndeborough, New Hampshire
Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.
Uppsala, Sweden
A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.
Gurdon, Arkansas
A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
Silverado, California
The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.
Hamtramck, Michigan
A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.
Anaheim, California
The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.
Durham, New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.