The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.