The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

Famed architect Antoni Gaudi built this generous thank you gift to a friendly host who housed him during a job.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

An archeological treasure trove stumbled upon by a couple of children.

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

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

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

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.