San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
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San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
Badin, North Carolina
The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.
Thann, France
The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.
Ballygalley, Northern Ireland
Hidden in Carnfunnock Country Park is a lasting testament to the Normans who once settled in the region.
Piediluco, Italy
The ruins of this medieval castle overlook the lake of Piediluco in what was once a sacred forest.
Saint-Denis, Italy
An abandoned village that resides along the mountains of the Aosta Valley.
Cedar, Michigan
A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.
Brallo di Pregola, Italy
An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.
Garenin, Scotland
Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
Cori, Italy
Only three columns survive from this ancient temple in the town of Cori.
Newington, Connecticut
An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.
Anegada, British Virgin Islands
A mountain of conch shells created by centuries of fishermen.
Pastrana, Spain
To fit bodies into this Renaissance crypt, they were first left to decompose in the crypt's rotting room.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.
Herndon, Virginia
A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.
Ichikawa, Japan
Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.
Wilmington, Illinois
This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.
Rochester, New York
This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland
In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.
Harvey, Illinois
Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.
Springfield, Illinois
The history of funerals and funerary customs.