Boston, Massachusetts
Ruins of Schoolmaster Hill
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Boston, Massachusetts
The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.
Boston, Massachusetts
The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.
Lima, Peru
A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Cleveland, Ohio
A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Kolkata, India
The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.
Gundisar, India
Old and brave breed of warhorses known for their elegant, curved ears.
Jodhpur, India
Fifteen Jodhpur queens left their handprints before going to their fiery death.
Howrah, India
A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.
Junagadh, India
This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.
Jaipur, India
The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Gheti, India
A mecca for India's Jains.
Chandigarh, India
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Birgu, Malta
The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Duiwelskloof, South Africa
A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.
New York, New York
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Fortingall, Scotland
Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.