It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

This phantom island appeared on maps for over a century before amateur radio enthusiasts beat Google Earth to the punch in its "undiscovery."

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.