The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

This phallic temple was erected in the forest to honor the tragic death of a samurai lord's son.

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

What is the Thing?

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

This museum located in Fondi is also said to be the most haunted building in town.

These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.