The costumes depict the Kurent, the star character of the annual Kurentovanje festival.

Venture into the hideout of one of Hong Kong's legendary pirates.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

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

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.