London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
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London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Los Angeles, California
It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.