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London, England

The Lost River Fleet

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

michelle

Added by michelle

San Andrés Cholula, Mexico

The Great Pyramid of Cholula

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

Towers of Svaneti

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Ellicott City, Maryland

St. Mary's College

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

DuckMuscle

Added by DuckMuscle

Khangalassky District, Russia

Lena Stone Pillars

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Lee Vining, California

Mono Lake

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

anhie

Ötzi the Iceman

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

michelle

Added by michelle

Boston, Massachusetts

Lucy Parsons Center

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

Mammoth Lakes, California

Devils Postpile National Monument

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Tre

Neustadt, Germany

The Mummy of Knight Kahlbutz

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

Florence, Italy

The Relic of St. Antoninus

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

michelle

Added by michelle

Nazca Lines

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

Gorna krepost, Bulgaria

Perperikon

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

Added by kalaza

Haw Par Villa

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

Added by Guy With A Guidebook

Wiuwert, Netherlands

Preserved Mummies of the Hervormde Kerk

A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

Guanajuato, Mexico

Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

Murphys, California

Mercer Caverns

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Vienna, Austria

Flak Towers

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Yungang Grottoes

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

Manahari, Nepal

Island Jungle Resort at Chitwan National Park

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

Chichen Itza, Mexico

Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Tre

Melbourne, Australia

The Haunted Bookshop

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

Sam E