Cusco, Peru
Rodadero Slides
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
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Cusco, Peru
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Neerpelt, Belgium
Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.
Schwyz, Switzerland
The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Vancouver, Washington
A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.
Washington, D.C.
Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.
Washington, D.C.
An 18-mile-long tunnel for sewage waste will soon wind within the bowels of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Frostburg, Maryland
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Bușteni, Romania
Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.
Egerszalók, Hungary
The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.
Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Liberty, Missouri
The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
New York, New York
Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Washington, D.C.
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
Port Orchard, Washington
A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.
Cave City, Kentucky
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.