An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.

Ancient traditions and surreal birdwatching come into sharp relief along one of the world's most polluted rivers.

Where else would you expect to find the gravesite of European royalty than the windswept dunes of rural Northern Michigan?

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.