Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
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Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
New York, New York
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.
Madrid, Spain
The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.
Manchester, England
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Tisbury, England
Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.
Beijing, China
A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.
London, England
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Phoenicia, New York
On the second floor of a small town library is an homage to angling and memorial to a great local fisherman.
Guben, Germany
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
Ramot, Israel
A geometric jumble of homes.
Montreal, Québec
The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
New York, New York
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
Cougar, Washington
This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.
Indonesia
This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.
Thatta, Pakistan
One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.