Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

The last of its kind in the country.

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

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.