Detroit, Michigan
St. Agnes Church and School
Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.
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Detroit, Michigan
Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.
Puno, Peru
These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.
New Taipei City, Taiwan
Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.
Loenen, Netherlands
The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.
Oxford, England
Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Newport, Rhode Island
A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.
Toronto, Ontario
One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.
Liwonde, Malawi
A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
La Palma, Spain
This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Plano, Illinois
Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.
Avella, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.
Dubuque, Iowa
For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.
HitachiĆmiya-shi, Japan
The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.
Newcastle, Northern Ireland
The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Chillingham, England
This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.