The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.