Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.