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Genius River Bridge in Cocos Island, Costa Rica
The waters surrounding the small Costa Rican island of Cocos are infested with sharks, bringing with them poachers looking to cleave off some fins to sell. Yet thanks to the thankless efforts of local...
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Mountain Meadows Massacre Memorial in Enterprise, Utah
Still fresh from their exodus out of the Eastern United States, the Mormon settlers were not exactly welcoming to outsiders arriving in their newly founded Utah territory, and it was likely this...
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Wrights Hill Fortress in Wellington, New Zealand
Built in the early 1940's, the Wrights Hill Fortress is a circular artillery embankment that consists mostly of long underground tunnels which were actually used to create the sound of the dwarven...
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The Ossuary of Bicocca in Novara, Italy
In 1849 the (now) Italian city of Novara was the site of a battle against Austrian forces that left countless dead on both sides of the struggle. Now the ashes of soldiers from both sides are held in a...
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San Giorgio in Alga in Venice, Italy
The island of San Giorgio in Alga (awesomely translated as, "Saint George in the seaweed") has lived a number of lives since humans began building on its tiny, confined shores ranging from being a...
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The Grave of Miss Baker in Hunstville , Alabama
America began tossing monkeys at the stars in 1948, but it was not until the launch of the loving squirrel monkey known as "Miss Baker" in 1959 that they were able to recover one alive.The American...
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La Isla de las Munecas in Mexico City, Mexico
There is a disturbing circular nature to the story of "La Isla de la Munecas," or the Island of the Dolls.Over fifty years ago, Don Julian Santana left his wife and child and moved onto an island on...
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Bolivia's Witch Market in Nuestra Señora de La Paz, Bolivia
Located on Calle Jiminez and Linares between Sagarnaga and Santa Cruz in, it's impossible to miss the Witches' Market of La Paz, Bolivia, which is found right in a lively tourist area. Dozens of...
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Castle Frankenstein in Mühltal, Germany
Johann Konrad Dippel was rumored to create potions, perform electrical therapies, and partake in gruesome experiments involving stolen body parts from the graveyard. Born in the Castle Frankenstein in...
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The Monsters of Bomarzo in Bomarzo, Italy
The Park of the Monsters, or "Parco dei Mostri," in the Garden of Bomarzo was not meant to be pretty. Commissioned in 1552 by Prince Pier Francesco Orsini, it was an expression of grief designed to...
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Yokai Street in Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto, Japan's Ichijo-dori street is a fairly typical neighborhood street save for the dozens of monsters standing sentinel in front of most of the local businesses.Also known as Yokai ("monster")...
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Danvers Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Danvers, Massachusetts
Danvers State Hospital for the Criminally Insane opened in 1878 to serve some 600 mental patients under its imposing gothic spires. While it was built with a surprisingly caring and modern attitude...
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The Monsters of Bomarzo in Bomarzo, Italy
The Park of the Monsters, or "Parco dei Mostri," in the Garden of Bomarzo was not meant to be pretty. Commissioned in 1552 by Prince Pier Francesco Orsini, it was an expression of grief designed to...
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Cambodian Landmine Museum in Angkor National Park, Cambodia
Landmines leftover in war torn countries such as Cambodia cause innumerable injuries and deaths each year, often with little to no government support for clean-up or support of the victims. However one...
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Gyermekvasút in Budapest, Hungary
Stretching through a lovely patch of quiet Hungarian forest, the Gyermekvasút rail line would seem to be just another peaceful sightseeing rail line were it not for the captain and crew being...
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George Stickney House in Bull Valley , Illinois
While Illinois' George Stickney House is now a local government headquarters and police station, it was originally built with no sharp corners thanks to the owners' belief that it would help spirits...
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The Flintstone House in Hillsborough, California
Drivers heading north to San Francisco on Interstate 280 will notice a peculiar home just east of the Eugene A. Doran Memorial Bridge. The house, playfully nicknamed by Bay Area residents as The...
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Screaming Tunnel in Niagara Falls, Canada
While some would say that this arched stone tunnel running beneath the Grand Trunk railroad tracks in Niagara Falls is just that, but for those with ghost stories dancing around in their fevered...
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Swing at the End of the World in Cantón Baños, Ecuador
Deep in the Ecuadorian wilderness is a seismic monitoring station known as Casa del Arbol or "The Treehouse" because it is simply a small house built in a tree used for observing Mt. Tungurahua, the...
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The Crystal Shrine Grotto in Memphis , Tennessee
Crafted in the 1930s the oddly organic concrete cavern known as the Crystal Shrine Grotto is a psychedelic mix of strange stone forms, expert craftsmanship, and religious imagery that is meant to...
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