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Cullowhee, North Carolina

Judaculla Rock

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Ober Neustift, Austria

Waldviertel Pyramid

A pyramid in Central Europe of unknown origin.
Vermillion, South Dakota

Spirit Mound Historic Prairie

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."
Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Međugorje

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.
Chernihiv, Ukraine

Black Grave

One of the largest remaining ancient burial mounds of the 10th century.
Adams, Tennessee

The Bell Witch Cave

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Greece

The Oracle of Delphi

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Highland, Scotland

Clootie Well

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Lima, Peru

Huaca Pucllana

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
Ayano-Maysky District, Russia

Kondyor Massif

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.
Pauc, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Men's Water of Kladanj

A wellspring of natural Viagra found in Bosnia.
Wiltshire, England

Silbury Hill

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?
Eureka Springs, Arkansas

The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.
Gibsonton, Florida

Gibsonton, Florida

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

KattenKabinet

Cat art as far as the eye can see.
Gharapuri, India

Elephanta Caves

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.
Stockholm, Sweden

The Cuckold of Skeppsbron

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.
Saint-Denis, France

Heart of the Dauphin

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.
Karimabad, Pakistan

Baltit Fort

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.
Spiro, Oklahoma

Spiro Mounds

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.
Guapán, Ecuador

Ingapirca

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.
Gakona, Alaska

H.A.A.R.P.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Denali

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.