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Peoria, Illinois

Hello Peoria Building

Tiny treasures, giant murals, and strange sculptures decorate the windows and doors of this abandoned building.

Heather Brammeier

Added by Heather Brammeier

Virginia City, Nevada

The Washoe Club Haunted Museum & Saloon

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

Added by heshsf

Brownsville, Texas

Brownsville City Cemetery

Wander among the gravestones in this historic border town.

Added by zride1905

Roatán, Honduras

Bay Islands Underwater Museum

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

Added by nickylopez24

Washington, D.C.

The Cuban Embassy's Hemingway Bar

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

New Orleans, Louisiana

Café Lafitte in Exile

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Chicago, Illinois

Heaven On Seven

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

Added by blimpcaptain

Asheville, North Carolina

The Odd

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

Sam OBrien

Added by Sam OBrien

Laufskálavarða

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Added by greghannahs

Drangurinn Rock

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Hofskirkja

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Dimmuborgir

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

The Minx

Added by The Minx

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Greenbrier County Courthouse

Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

bethmgill

Added by bethmgill

Keflavík, Iceland

‘Silver Sabler’

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Geysir Glíma Restaurant

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

Added by gretchenmora

Akureyri, Iceland

Giant Viking Beer Can

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

Dampo

Reykjavik, Iceland

Piece of Berlin Wall In Iceland

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

samsfrank89

Added by samsfrank89

Akureyri, Iceland

Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

RSkarritt

Added by RSkarritt

Hvannadalshnjúkur

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Akureyri, Iceland

Christmas House

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

Dampo

Garðar BA 64

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Reynisdrangar

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Hekla

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

Darmon Richter

Added by Darmon Richter

U.S. Navy DC-3 Wreckage

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

sheepdontswim

Added by sheepdontswim