This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

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

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.