Nikko, Japan
Kanmangafuchi Abyss
A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.
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Nikko, Japan
A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.
Kerry, Ireland
This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.
Borgo a Mozzano, Italy
The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Budapest, Hungary
Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.
Norfolk, Virginia
A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
Bantimurung, Indonesia
These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.
Ireland
Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Nice, France
The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.
Stoke Heath, England
A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.
Hastings, Nebraska
The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.
Darmstadt, Germany
A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
Boston, Massachusetts
America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.
Antigua, Guatemala
This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.
Memphis, Tennessee
A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.
Barcelona, Spain
A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.
Tappan, New York
This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.