Minneapolis, Minnesota
Orfield Labs Quiet Chamber
This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
Naica, Mexico
A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
Nara, Japan
The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Culver City, California
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
Hopkinton, Rhode Island
This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Australia
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Los Angeles, California
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Los Angeles, California
Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.