During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

This trio of stone spires claims to be the only preserved medieval execution site in Europe.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

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

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

The world's second largest salt mine, said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great's horse.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

The world's largest aggregation of great white sharks is at a mysterious spot in the middle of the ocean.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.