Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

This historic London residence was once the womb of Scientology.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.