Bucharest, Romania
Chimopar
A chemical factory damaged by two earthquakes and an explosion that became abandoned after bankruptcy.
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Bucharest, Romania
A chemical factory damaged by two earthquakes and an explosion that became abandoned after bankruptcy.
Denver, Colorado
One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.
Luna County, New Mexico
This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.
Viñales, Cuba
Besides being home to cave paintings and pre-Columbian Cuban archaeological remains, you get to take a boat through this stalactite and stalagmite covered cave.
Takasaki, Japan
The oldest surviving stele in Japan is a personal dedication from a monk to his late mother.
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
A private home collection of more than 3,500 cat figurines.
Somerset, Kentucky
The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
This pond in Victoria Park is rumored to be bottomless, one of several legends that surround it.
Lakeside, Colorado
One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.
Banavie, Scotland
The longest staircase lock in Britain.
Madrid, Spain
This phone booth was recreated to honor "La cabina," considered the best horror film in the history of Spanish television.
Ivinghoe, England
Before firefighters, villagers relied on this simple hook to save their thatched cottages from a fiery doom.
Guernsey
This World War II bunker is now a shrine covered with sea shells.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A former smithy turned cultural hub with the capital's largest mural space.
Geneva, Switzerland
A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Louisville, Kentucky
A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'
Padirac, France
This impressive chasm is one of the longest natural underground cavities in the world.
County Donegal, Ireland
Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
Built in 1547, these ruins lie on a rocky promontory in Ballintoy jutting into the wild ocean waters below.
Antalya, Turkey
A recently-abandoned international exhibition center.
San Francisco, California
This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.
New Delhi, India
A weekly bazaar sells thousands of books, from vintage collectibles to paperbacks sold by weight.
Sutton, West Virginia
A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.
Churchill, Manitoba
A crash site in the heart of polar bear territory has become a beloved local landmark.