You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

The coldest city in the world.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

Thousands of locks professing undying devotion line the metal chains of Lotus Peak.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

The history and future of cannabis.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.