The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

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.

Locals dubbed this abandoned abode the "gingerbread house" because of its odd architecture.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

A local prank turned town icon.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Gnomes have taken over a rest stop on Australia's longest straight road.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.