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Oman

Jazirat al Maqlab (Telegraph Island)

This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.
Tre Added by Tre
Royston, England

Royston Cave

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.
Bolzano, Italy

Ötzi the Iceman

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
michelle Added by michelle
Clermont, Florida

The Citrus Tower

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.
Added by robfromorlando
Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay

Plaza de Toros

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.
jmcnally Added by jmcnally
Isla Vista, California

AlloSphere

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.
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Ochopee, Florida

Skunk Ape Research Headquarters

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
anhie Added by anhie
Seattle, Washington

Fremont Troll

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Magdalena, New Mexico

The Very Large Array

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Added by Henry
Samara, Russia

Stalin's Bunker

Stalin's secret bunker.
KaliaK Added by KaliaK
Vienna, Austria

Esperanto Museum

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Ona, Florida

Solomon's Castle

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.
Monticello, Utah

Hole N" the Rock

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Chicago, Illinois

Merz Apothecary

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
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Chicago, Illinois

Pritzker Military Museum & Library

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
michelle Added by michelle
New York, New York

The Lightship Frying Pan

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
jamesb Added by jamesb
Gori, Georgia

Stalin Museum

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.
Chislehurst, England

Chislehurst Caves

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.
St. Joseph, Missouri

Glore Psychiatric Museum

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
KaliaK Added by KaliaK
Rome, Italy

Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
Josh Added by Josh
Milan, Italy

The Devil's Column

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.
Added by Giorgio
Moires, Greece

Labyrinthos Caves

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
littlebrumble Added by littlebrumble
Bylakuppe, India

Bylakuppe

The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.
Added by Linette Lim