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Tolkien's characters would have felt right at home in this space.

Bern, Switzerland

Kornhauskeller Restaurant

Dining in this grain cellar feels like stepping onto a fantasy film set.

Hitler's Bunker in Bruly-de-Pesche

Couvin, Belgium

Hitler's Bunker in Bruly-de-Pesche

This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.

Her Vacant Chair

Taunton, Massachusetts

Her Vacant Chair

This rocking chair headstone is allegedly haunted by the spirit of a young girl named Pearl.

The historic lanes at Koz's Mini Bowl.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Koz’s Mini Bowl

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

Miss Laura's Social Club.

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum

The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.

The two-headed dragon tower in all its glory.

Nambu, Japan

Nanbu Town Dragon Tower

Scale the heights of this 100-foot play space shaped like a ferocious dragon.

The World’s Largest Cedar Bucket.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

The World’s Largest Cedar Bucket

Built in the 19th century, this bucket has been to two World’s Fairs.

Tail section of the aircraft.

Olongapo, Philippines

Subic Bay Jet Monument

An abandoned U.S. Navy aircraft is on display in the city that once held the biggest foreign U.S. military base in the world.

The distinguished duck rests in the Ashmolean’s still life gallery.

Oxford, England

‘The Duck Sijctghen’

Long before Moo Deng, this 17th-century waterfowl was a cultural sensation.

Staircase and entry to the haunted Governor's Bathroom.

Ararat, Australia

J Ward Museum

Now a museum, this was once a prison facility and a hospital for the “criminally insane.”

Al Naslaa Rock in 2021.

Tayma, Saudi Arabia

Al Naslaa

In the Arabian Desert, a surreal rock formation stands cut clean in half.

The South Platte Hotel on a hot July day.

Conifer, Colorado

South Platte Hotel

A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.

Entrance to the large tunnel.

Nishiki, Japan

Nishiki Secret Base Museum

Secret tunnels leading to underground facilities lurk near the remains of a World War II-era Japanese Navy airbase.

This curious cat is especially dear to locals.

La Rochelle, France

La Maison du Chat (The Cat House)

No one knows the story behind the mysterious feline perched on this rooftop.

This beach owes its warm waters to an unusual source.

Kapolei, Hawaii

Electric Beach

One of Oahu’s best snorkeling and diving spots was created by warm water discharged from the nearby power plant.

Finally, André Grétry's heart rests at peace.

Liège, Belgium

The Heart of André Grétry

After a long legal battle, the heart of the famous composer is finally enthroned in the city of his birth.

Dr. Knox, Burke and Hare masks.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Anatomical Museum

A collection of unique objects showcasing the university’s achievements in the medical field.

A fountain stands in the abbey's main cloister.

Granada, Spain

Sacromonte Abbey

Mysterious texts covered in mystical symbols were found in caves at this site centuries ago.

Mary Anning’s Grave

Lyme Regis, England

Mary Anning’s Grave

The final resting place of a once-unsung hero of paleontology.

Blutgassenviertel

Vienna, Austria

Blutgassenviertel

One of Vienna’s oldest (and perhaps most haunted) alleys, allegedly with a bloody past that gave it its name.

A mural depicts a slightly different version of the Northampton bank robbery of 1876.

Northampton, Massachusetts

Northampton Bank Robbery Mural

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

The parfait is a particularly popular treat.

Fukuoka, Japan

Sanatorium - Wonder Museum Annex

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.

This plan maps out the larger paths of the caerdroia in Gwydyr Forest.

Wales

Caerdroia of Gwydir Forest

Wander along roughly a mile of paths in what may be the world's largest forest labyrinth.

Aerial view easterly over the mine site. The main pit is just right of center.  The freeway is Interstate-15.

Mountain Pass, California

Mountain Pass Mine

The only mine for rare earth elements in the United States has been intermittently active since the 1950s.

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