Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

Brawny guys rolling around in oil is the oldest regular sporting event besides the Olympics.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

These massive moving sand dunes have swallowed an entire village and are still on the run.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.

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

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

The ruins of a rehabilitation center for World War II vets can be found in the Westminster Ponds Conservation area.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.