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Giant Head of Mao Zedong in Changsha, China
Chinese leader Mao Zedong took an active interest in radical politics from an early age, and many of his first forays into Communist thinking began in the city of Changsha where he is now honored with...
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Hotel Vertigo in San Francisco, California
Alfred Hitchcock was known for, among other things, his iconic location shooting and one of his most famous locations is still in filming condition at San Francisco's Hotel Vertigo, an accommodation...
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Sauer Castle in Kansas City, Kansas
Built in 1871 as a palatial family estate, Sauer Castle fell into decline due to mounting superstition and tales of hauntings that attracted trespassers and vandals long before the house was...
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Museum for the Memory of Ustica in Bologna, Olaszország
The remains of a conspiracy-shrouded Italian airplane disaster fill the expansive hangar of Bologna's Museum for the Memory of Ustica, a tragic display of wreckage and remnants searching for answers....
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Edgar Allan Poe's Grave in Baltimore, Maryland
Despite a prolific body of work, when Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849, he was originally buried in an unmarked grave.When the grave was in danger of disappearing into the weeds altogether, George W....
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Dogpatch USA in Marble Falls, Arkansas
Based on Al Capp's famous comic strip LilAbner, Dogpatch USA was a small Arkansas theme park that capitalized on cartoonish hill folk, a theme that failed to attract the hundreds of thousands of...
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Brno Dragon in Brno, Czech Republic
Hanging in the Old Town Hall of the largest Moravian city is the carcass of an actual dragon, or so the originators of the Brno Dragon legend. According to one of the most famous legends in the city of...
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Madame Sherri's Castle in Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Madame Antoinette Sherri was a New York costume designer with a taste for the finer things and a good party, tastes which led to the party palace which would eventually turn into the ruins known as...
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Midwest Miniatures Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan
The simple lives of down-to-earth midwesterners have been made bite-size in the shrunken worlds on display at the Midwest Miniatures Museum. Hidden away on a little farm near the marvelously named town...
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Corona Satellite Calibration Targets in Casa Grande, Arizona
Sitting out in the open despite their clandestine origins, the Corona Satellite Calibration Targets that dot the Arizona desert are not hidden, but their true purpose was not revealed for years after...
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Hwaam Cave in Jeongseon-gun, South Korea
Located in the isolated county of Jeongseon, hours outside of Seoul, Hyaam Cave is a one of a kind mining museum and caving experience that isn't afraid to install a bunch of cartoonish goblins to keep...
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Wyatt Earp's Grave in Colma, California
Unlike many of his contemporaries the famous lawman, gambler, and all-around Western icon Wyatt Earp is not buried in a rustic plot in the desert, but is instead interred in a peaceful Jewish cemetery...
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This Is The Place Monument in Salt Lake City , Utah
Standing at the mouth of one of Salt Lake City's numerous canyons, and overlooking the wide valley basin, the This Is The Place Monument honors the moment when Brigham Young found his refugee religion...
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Jungle Habitat in West Milford, New Jersey
Opened in 1972, Jungle Habitat was a Warner Brothers safari park that attempted to bring the thrill of deadly jungle animals right up to visitors' car doors, which ended about as well as one might...
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Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia
The Colonial Park cemetery in Savannah has a rich and macabre history.Built in 1750, many of Savannah's earliest settlers were buried here, including 700 victims of the great yellow fever epidemic of...
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Dushanbe Flagpole in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
How high does the Flag of Tajikistan fly? According to the Guinness Book of World Records, hIgher than any other at a dizzying 541 ft. The Dushanbe Flagpole was constructed by a San Diego-based...
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Hot Lake Hotel in La Grande, Oregon
This turn-of-the-century resort attracted visitors from around the world with its therapeutic waters and medical innovations, with the Mayo Brothers (of the Mayo Clinic) among its most frequent...
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Parque Kennedy in Miraflores District, Peru
Located in the heart of the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru, Parque Kennedy has mysteriously become a haven for over 100 stray cats which are beloved and bemoaned in equal measures by the local...
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Baños Balcárcel in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
"125 years of service!" proclaims the hand-painted sign outside the Quetzeltenango mainstay of Baños Balcárcel, a century old bathhouse that has been providing the simple pleasure of a warm bath for...
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Box Hill Brick Works in Box Hill, Australia
The Box Hill Brickworks is an abandoned brick-making facility that is a wonderland of rusting gears and street art.Originally built around the 1880's, the large brickworks intermittently produced...
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