Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.