Places spookyshores Wants to Go

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

A place of enchantment where stories of the past seem to come to life.

Once a year, ambitious surfers can ride the world's largest river.

Ella Fitzgerald, opera singer Enrico Caruso, and dancer Isadora Duncan all performed in this lavish, supposedly haunted theater.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

Moss-covered sculptures fill this small Brazilian gorge.

This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.

Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.

This Brazilian astronomy museum allows guests to gaze at the stars through their telescopes each weekend.

Deep below the dry landscape of Bahia, a cave with intense blue water to float in.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.