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Odd Fellows Rest in New Orleans, United States
New Orleans is home to some singularly distinctive graveyards; from the infamous St. Louis cemeteries No.1 and 2, to the Metairie, to the peculiar collection of prosthetic limbs at St. Roch. But on the...
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Tropical Islands Resort in Krausnick, Germany
The gargantuan Aerium hangar was designed to hold zeppelins. Now it's a microcosm of rainforest and beaches where summer never ends.The airship hangar in Krausnick, Germany, was constructed in 1938 for...
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Hemet Maze Stone in Hemet, California
In 1914, a rancher just outside Hemet, California was surveying his property and discovered a boulder with a strange maze-like image carved into it. Archeologists later determined – based on some...
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Heidelberg Tun in Heidelberg, Germany
Bringing new meaning to the term, "drinking a ton," Heidelberg Castle's almost comically huge wine cask known as the Heidelberg Tun, is a massive, one-of-a-kind booze barrel that has been inspiring...
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Devil's Bath in Rotorua, New Zealand
The Wai-O-Tapu Wonderland in New Zealand is home to a number of roiling, bubbling geothermal sights, but possibly the most intriguing is one of its most calm. Known as the Devil's Bath, this neon green...
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Duquesne Brewery Clock in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The largest clock face in the United States and once the world, this stupendous timepiece has been marking the hours over the South Side of Pittsburgh since 1933.This clock is 60 feet (18.3 m) tall and...
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Neponsit Health Care Center in Queens, New York
The Rockaway Peninsular, facing the Atlantic on the southern part of Long Island, holds lots in store for the intrepid explorer.Located at the farthest stop on the A train, its isolated feel has made...
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Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, California
Tucked away in Los Angeles' wealthy Pacific Palisades neighborhood is the sprawling Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, a ten-acre campus devoted to peaceful natural vistas and spiritual...
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Zero Milestone in Washington, D.C., United States
Modeled after ancient Rome's Golden Milestone, which itself was a gesture meant to unify the disparate people's of the once-sprawling empire, the Zero Milestone in Washington, D.C. was created as a...
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The McBarge in Vancouver, Canada
Meant to appeal to the increasingly class-conscious consumers of the 1980s, the "McBarge" was a floating McDonald's constructed on a barge for Vancouver, British Columbia's Expo '86 world's fair.The...
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St. Petersglocke in Cologne, Germany
When most people think of gothic church bells they think of banks of massive metal chimes dangling among the dusty rafters of ancient churches and towers, but more and more such clarions are becoming...
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Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium in Beacon, New York
A few miles outside the town of Beacon in upstate New York, is an empty Victorian mansion.Once built for the Civil War officer, General Joseph Howland in 1859, and called Tioranda, the gothic house was...
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Wellington Avalanche Site in King County , Washington
In the wilderness of Washington's Tye River Valley near Stevens Pass are twisted pieces of rusting metal slowly being overtaken by the surrounding foliage which look like they might simply be discarded...
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Kreischer Mansion in Staten Island, New York
Sitting just off the Staten Island's poetically named Arthur Kill Road is the last remaining Kreischer Mansion, a lovely Victorian home that is said to be one of the most haunted places in all of New...
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The Lucifernum in Bruge, Belgium
While The Lucifernum in Bruges, Belgium is the private home of Barnum-esque provocateur Don "Willy" Retsin, the local celebrity often opens the doors of his repurposed Masonic Lodge to wild parties...
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Collegium Maius in Krakow, Poland
Located in part of what is now Jagiellonian University, the Collegium Maius ("Great College" in Latin) has been a hub of scientific research and discovery for hundreds of years, counting among its many...
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Dead Woman's Crossing in Weatherford , Oklahoma
The name "Dead Woman's Crossing" is one that you hope is just a colorful name for a normal looking place but in this instance the all-too-literal name comes from a very real incident.On July 7, 1905 a...
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Fort Livingston in Grand Terre, Louisiana
The ruins of Fort Livingston on Louisiana's Grand Terre Island look like they may have once belonged to a pirate's base, but in actuality the government had to drive some pirates off before they could...
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Rocchetta Mattei in Bologna, Italy
Even from the outside, the looming fortress known as Rocchetta Mattei looks like a cobbled together hodge podge of architectural influences, and the interior is even crazier thanks to the castle's...
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Centro Ceremonial Otomí in Temoaya, Mexico
Just outside the municipal seat is the Centro Ceremonial Otomí or Otomi Ceremonial Center. This center is the result of efforts to create a recognized space to preserve and promote the Otomi...
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