This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.

Unique pagan culture in three extremely remote mountain valleys.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.