Queens, New York
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
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Queens, New York
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
Paris, France
An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.
Gary, Indiana
This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.
Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.
Queens, New York
Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.
Bronx, New York
Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
Nome, Alaska
This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Suakin, Sudan
Remains of an abandoned coral city.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Ragunda, Sweden
Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.
Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Lima, Peru
Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
West Hollywood, California
Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.
Los Angeles, California
The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.
San Rafael, California
Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.