In the Köytendag Mountains, a dirt trail leads to the remote Kyrk Gyz Cave. Inside the cave is a something which looks familiar but slowly reveals itself to be bizarre. The ceilings of the... »

Curious Caves, Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Tawsam, Rachel and 2 others

Fan Tan Alley holds the record for narrowest street in Canada and is a central piece to Canada's oldest Chinatown. Just 0.9m wide (about 4 feet) at the narrowest point, it is filled with... »

Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by RogueTowel, Rachel and others

One of the many film adaptations of Stephen King’s work, the 1989 film "Pet Sematary" focuses on a father who loses his two-year-old child, and then attempts to bring him back to life by burying... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Between the Phibun Mangsahan Bridge and Khong Chiam in Thailand, there are a number of eccentric villages famed for forging iron and bronze gongs. These instruments are used for temples and... »

Unique Collections, Musical Wonders, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by katiebaker4 and Rachel

In landlocked countries, finding a place to swim can often be a challenge. This is especially true for places like Turkmenistan, a sun scorched Central Asian country, of which over 80% of the land... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Curious Caves | Edited by Tawsam and Rachel

During the early years of Bucksport, ME, its founder, Colonel Jonathan Buck, had a witch executed, as they did in that time. Before she died at the bad end of a hangman’s noose, she cursed Buck to... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Roger Williams is the founder of Providence. He died in 1683, and was buried three times. Once at his death, again in 1860, and then a third time in the late 1930s to mark the 300th anniversary of... »

Natural Wonders, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

In 1842, the British soldiers Stoddart and Connolly were executed in front of the Ark Fortress of Bukhara. It was the finale in a year-long torture (in the case of Stoddart it actually lasted four... »

Museums and Collections, Crime and Punishment, Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others

The Tham Sakkarin Savannakuha is an abandoned limestone cave founded in 1889 that holds the Wat Tham Xieng Maen, where local worshipers used to pay homage and cleanse Buddha images. Nowadays only... »

Curious Caves, Relics and Reliquaries, Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins, Giant Buddhas | Edited by katiebaker4 and Rachel

Moynaq is a city, surrounded by the desert of western Uzbekistan. At first glance, this seems to be one of the many Soviet cities that fell into decline after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But... »

Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas, Cultures and Civilizations , Incredible Ruins | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others