Naftalan ClinicIn oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff... literallyIn the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace“ (2008), Gemma Arterton is being killed by getting covered in crude oil. I...
Museum of Miniature BooksA gigantic collection of teeny, tiny booksIn the old city of Baku resides the only museum in the world dedicated to miniature editions of books. The collection of books insid...
Jennings HallThe building that inspired Shirley Jacksons "The Haunting of Hill House"Born and raised in California and educated in New York, horror author Shirley Jackson moved to North Benni...
Grave of Mercy BrownThe final resting place of New Englands last vampireThe case of Mercy Lena Brown, a 19-year-old resident of the town of Exeter, was the last known instance in the state of Rhode I...
Shah-i-Zinda NecropolisThe Avenue of Mausolea, a series of grand palatial tombsShah-I-Zinda is one of the oldest and longest-running examples of a continually constructed historic site in the world. ...
The Manaca Ignaza TowerAn old slave lookout in Cubas historic sugar cane fields.The Manaca Ignaza tower in Cuba’s Valle de los Ingenios was erected in 1750 in order to observe and control the slaves ...
Moulton MansionThe mansion and cenotaph of the New Hampshire FaustGeneral Jonathan Moulton was a veteran of various colonial wars, including the Revolutionary War, and a very wealthy man in the seaco...
Betty and Barney Hill MemorialsA gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction On the night of September 19 and on into the early morning of Septembe...
The Grand Lodge of FranceOne of the oldest masonic museums in ParisThe Grande Loge de France, together with the Grand Orient de France, is one of the major masonic collections in French freemasonry. ...
Madises Lost CemetaryTombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard. If you ever find yourself driving from Paldiski to Madise in Estonia’s Harju County,...
Hoosac TunnelThe railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its constructionThe Hoosac Tunnel is a railway that burrows almost five miles through the H...
Fire Mountain Yanar DağMysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fireIn the 13th century, when Marco Polo visited the then-Persian city of Baku, he mentioned numerous mysterious flames ...
Fisgard LighthouseAn operating lighthouse from the 1860sAs the western-most province of Canada, British Columbia has a long and storied nautical history. As coastal communities grew with immigration ...
Babi Besars Abandoned ResortIsland, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abondoned resortBabi Besar Island is a small island (4km or 2.5 miles long) praised for its stunning coral reefs and marine l...
Musical Stone of GobustanResonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric timesThe Gobustan National Park is an otherworldly place. More than four hundred mud volcanoes are found within the are...
Zaffis Museum of the ParanormalThe intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaserJohn Zaffis is the nephew of controversial paranormal investigators Ed and Lorrain Warren. He followed ...
Dummerston VineSite of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800sAccording to this 200-year-old legend, members of the Spaulding family of Dummerston, VT, started dying at i...
STF Kolarbyn Eco LodgesBring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.The STF Kolarbyn eco-lodges are located in the thick of Swedens woods and are no...
Frankenstein CliffThe rock face named after a painter named after a castle that might have inspired the name of Mary Shelleys famous doctorFrankenstein Cliff was named after a German immigrant landsc...
The Apatani Tribal Village of ZiroHidden in the rain-forests of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India lies the village of Ziro, home to the ApatanisAn old village of the Apatani Tribe, Ziro is found i...
Kyrk Gyz CaveA cave covered with bizarre stalactites of clothIn the Köytendag Mountains, a dirt trail leads to the remote Kyrk Gyz Cave. Inside the cave is a something which looks familiar but slowly...
Fan Tan AlleyThe narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of ChinatownFan Tan Alley holds the record for narrowest street in Canada and is a central piece...
Pet Sematary Filming SitesThe house and graveyard used in the horror movie "Pet Sematary"One of the many film adaptations of Stephen King’s work, the 1989 film "Pet Sematary" focuses ...
Gongs of the Phibun Mangsahan VillageThailands country villages continue the tradition of gong-making, and invite visitors to watch the process. Between the Phibun Mangsahan Bridge and Khong Chiam in...
Köw Ata Underground LakeThe city of Bakharden has a most unusual swimming spot that doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central AsiaIn landlocked countries, finding a place to sw...
Cursed Memorial of Colonel BuckStone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with itDuring the early years of Bucksport, ME, its founder, Colonel Jonathan Buc...
Roger Williams RootThe vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode IslandRoger Williams is the founder of Providence. He died in 1683, and was buried three times. Once at his de...
"The Bug Pit" at Zindon PrisonWhere Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug PitIn 1842, the British soldiers Stoddart and Connolly were executed in front of the Ark Fortress of Buk...
Tham Sakkarin SavannakuhaAbandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship The Tham Sakkarin Savannakuha is an abandoned limestone cave founded in 1889 that holds the Wat Tham Xieng Maen, w...
MoynaqOnce a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 150km away from the shoreMoynaq is a city, surrounded by the desert of western Uzbekistan. At first glance, this seems to be ...
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