Gansbaai, South Africa
Shark Cage Diving in Gansbaai
An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
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Gansbaai, South Africa
An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
Chicago, Illinois
This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.
Jersey City, New Jersey
A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Kerry, Ireland
Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.
Venice, Italy
A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Kettlewell, England
Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.
Helsingør, Denmark
Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
West Malling, England
A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.
Kerry, Ireland
A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.
Sisters, Oregon
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
Rome, Italy
A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.
Halifax, Massachusetts
A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.
Fort Washington, Maryland
Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Lexington, Mississippi
The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Manětín, Czechia
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.
Versailles, Ohio
The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Claines, England
This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.