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Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Prague, Czech Republic
From 1948 to 1989, the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia was ruled under a Communist regime which saw widespread political persecution visited upon the country's citizens. The victims of this...
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Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut
Mystic, Connecticut was a relatively sleepy New England town until Hollywood's attention turned to their local pizza shop, Mystic Pizza. Opened in 1973 by the Zelepos family, the corner pizza joint...
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Looff's Lite-A-Line in Long Beach, California
Most famous for building Vandeveer's Bathing Pavilion Carousel, the very first carousel, Charles Looff went on to create a number of other amusements including the odd gambling game kept alive at...
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Shanty Town at Emoya Estates in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Theme hotels all over the world provide guests with experiences ranging from ruling in medieval times to sleeping under the sea, but the Shanty Town at Emoya Estates may be the first hotel to offer the...
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Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital in Gwangju-si, South Korea
The Gonjiam Psychiatric hospital has been called one of the most haunted places in South Korea and CNN has claimed it was one of the freakiest places in the world, but the truth of this place isn't the...
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Notre-Dame-de-Neiges Cemetery in Montreal, Canada
Notre-Dame-de-Neiges Cemetery is a very large graveyard that sits on the hill of Mount-Royal in the city of Montreal. Ask any Montrealer and they're bound to have a great aunt, grandfather or uncle...
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Marche Bonsecours in Montreal, Canada
The Marche Bonsecours is a large two-story public market located in the old town district of Montreal which serves as a piece of living history.The market faces the St-Lawrence river and the city's...
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Garbage-Eating Goat Statue in Spokane, Washington
Most cities simply tell their populace not to litter, but the city of Spokane tried to make it fun by installing the Garbage-Eating Goat Statue in one of their parks. A favorite Spokane landmark since...
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La Zisa in Palermo, Italy
The Normans came to Sicily as mercenaries, but quickly adapted to the local Arabic culture to the point that they even began aping their architectural style as in the case of the La Zisa palace.King...
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Northern State Hospital Farm in Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Established in 1909, the Northern State Hospital for the Mentally Ill was a sprawling and remarkably self-sufficient facility with a number of production facilities including a 700-acre farm.Alongside...
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P.T. Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut
P.T. Barnum was born in Bethel, CT, in 1810 and lived in nearby Bridgeport for his final four decades, during which time he served as its mayor, established some of its public works, and died and was...
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Cooper's Island Nature Reserve in Bermuda
Cooper's Island in sunny Bermuda used to house ammo bunkers and underground storage tanks during World War II.In 1960, NASA built a tracking station there to keep tabs on all the manned missions, which...
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Fontaine de Vaucluse in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, France
Fontaine de Vaucluse is a small town with a big secret - the source of the Sorgue River.Occupation of the small town began in the Neolithic era and continues today. In ancient times, the massive,...
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Mendenhall Ice Caves in Juneau, Alaska
Few places can you experience every stage of the water cycle all at once. But there's magic in the Mendenhall Ice Caves, where water runs over rocks under blue ceilings, the inside of a partially...
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Fort Totten in Queens, New York
If you look at the MTA Subway map, in the top right hand corner is a legend explaining what the different symbols on the map mean. But hidden underneath this legend is the location of an abandoned...
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President's Park in Williamsburg, Virginia
It's Mount Rushmore 2.0!18-20 foot high busts of every U.S. president but Barack Obama used to reside on a 10-acre open air museum in suburban Virginia. Opened in 2004, the busts were done by Houston...
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Woodhenge in Durington, England
In 1925 archaeologists Alexander Keiller and Osbert Crawford examined some aerial photographs of a wheat field near Amesbury, England and found something intriguing: dark spots, arranged just so, in...
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Hyde Park Pet Cemetery in London, England
Touching inscriptions to departed pets still mark the burial spots for hundreds of beloved animal companions buried between 1881 and 1915. Beginning with the interment of a Maltese terrier named...
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Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, California
When architect Julia Morgan took on the redesign and expansion of the modest, turn of the century columbarium on the hill at the end of Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, she brought with her a small army of...
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Saydel Inc. in Huntington Park, California
Los Angeles is a melting pot of people, tradition, and culture from every corner of the Earth and for over 25 years the Saydel wholesale store has specialized in providing for the more esoteric occult,...
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