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Turkmenistan

The Gates of Hell

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Truskavets, Ukraine

Eternity Restaurant

Record-holding coffin moonlights as an eatery run by undertakers.
Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Prague, Czechia

Strahov Monastery

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Lohmen, Germany

The Bastei

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Brno, Czechia

Brno Ossuary

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Gryfino, Poland

Crooked Forest

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

Ball's Pyramid

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
Placerville, California

Gothic Rose Antiques & Curiosities

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.
Ione, California

Preston Castle

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.
Napa, California

Monticello Dam Morning Glory Spillway

The largest drain hole in the world.
Albany, California

The Bone Room

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.
Kudowa-ZdrĂłj, Poland

Kaplica Czaszek: The Chapel of Skulls

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Kutna Hora, Czechia

Muzeum Alchymie (Alchemy Museum)

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.
Kutna Hora, Czechia

Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Sosnogorsk, Russia

Manpupuner Rock Formations

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.
Mirny, Russia

Mir Diamond Mine

The world's second-largest excavated hole.
Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Pomona, California

The Southern California Medical Museum

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.