The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.

Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

In this tiny Iranian town playing on the roof isn't just encouraged, it's the only place to go.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

This vast, water-filled underground labyrinth can only be toured by boat.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

The remains of this RAF plane and its crew were lost for decades, nearly engulfed by the Malaysian jungle.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.