Formerly Saline City, Drawbridge is a California ghost town that is centered around an abandoned railroad station at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay on Station Island. Created by the... »

Intriguing Environs, Ghost Towns | Edited by dsjas297 and Nicholas Jackson

Bir Tawil is a very peculiar area. Located south of Egypt and north of Sudan, it is a trapezoid of land (about 2060 km²) wanted by neither Egypt nor by Sudan. In fact, both countries want to award... »

Intriguing Environs, Micro-Nations | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

Affectionately known as Nova Scotia's Granite Playground, Dover Island is a paradise for hikers, kayakers, bird-watchers, wave-catchers and rock climbers. The island is located just off the coast... »

Natural Wonders, Anomalous Islands, Intriguing Environs | Edited by kalizearmour and Nicholas Jackson

Cumberland Falls is a set of waterfalls on the Cumberland River. It is located near Corbin on the border of the McCreary and Whitely counties. Sometimes referred to as the Niagara of the South,... »

Weird Weather Phenomena, Intriguing Environs, Optical Oddities | Edited by Nathan_Risinger, Dylan and 2 others

From the outside, the Gates of Hell, located behind the old Black Prince Distillery in Clifton, New Jersey, look like any other collection of drains. But once you climb inside you'll see that the... »

Intriguing Environs, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and wythe

Lake Karachay (Karachai) is a small lake in the southern Ural mountains of Russia that, between 1951 and 1953, was used as a dumping site for the radioactive waste from the nearby Chelyabinsk-65,... »

Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

There are entire websites devoted to the many supposedly haunted buildings in and around Nyack, New York, but the most famous site is the large Victorian house at 1 LaVeta Place, at a dead end on... »

Intriguing Environs | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and wythe

Perched high above the village of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the 78-room Crescent Hotel and Spa was built in 1886 as a retreat for those wishing to bathe in the healing springs of the area. Over... »

Memento Mori, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and wythe

Designed by architects Willis A. Marean and Albert Julius Norton in 1910, the 80 beautifully landscaped acres that make up Cheesman Park in central Denver has long been considered one of the most... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Nicholas Jackson, Dylan and others

The oldest existing church in New York, the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow (also known as the Dutch Reformed Church) and its three-acre colonial-era burying ground served as the inspiration... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Intriguing Environs, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and wythe