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North Carolina’s Can Opener Bridge: this too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious truck executioner

1 year ago Robin

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St. Stephen Bulgarian Church: the unique cast iron Church of Istanbul

1 year ago Ivan

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Visingsö Oak Forest: a forest of immensely tall and unusually straight trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never existed

1 year ago Robin

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Swaledale Corpse Way: a winding medieval path used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church~

1 year ago Leo S

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Devil’s Lake (and its stories): a remnant of the last Ice Age in Wisconsin, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

1 year ago Leo S

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Parkland Walk: a walk along an abandoned railway line

1 year ago Nathan

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Poggiodomo: the hamlet in Italy where COVID never arrived

1 year ago Danilo G.

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Gobodura Hill and the Lioness of Gobedra

1 year ago Ivan

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Breiðamerkursandur: Iceland’s stunning Diamond Beach

1 year ago Robin

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La maison dans la Loire: the sunken structure that looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

1 year ago Adam

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Dasht-e Lut desert: the hottest place on earth?

1 year ago Robin

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• Abandoned Places

Don’t release the witch! The ruins of St Mary’s Church at East Somerton, England ~

1 year ago Leo S

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Tolbooth Tavern: now home to a drinking establishment, this Edinburgh building has a macabre history ~

1 year ago Leo S

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Seaman’s Memorial Tower: a tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves

1 year ago Nathan

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Ajdovska Deklica: an unmistakable facial pareidolia in the Julian Alps and her fantastic story

1 year ago Danijel90

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Beddgelert: a place of legend in the heart of Wales.

1 year ago Ivan

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The strange story of the Farne Island devils

1 year ago Ivan

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Diósgyőr Castle | Hungary

1 year ago Ivan

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Waterbuurt – Amsterdam’s Floating Neighborhood

1 year ago Robin

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Kauai, the Hawaiian Island home to thousands of feral chicken

1 year ago Ivan

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Zombie Hunters, a local singer or photoshop? The true story of loneliest house in the world

1 year ago Pavel

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The “curse” of the Wooden Man of Egeskov Castle

1 year ago Ivan

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Voergaard Castle: a Danish castle supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch….

1 year ago Danilo G.

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Gleann Cholm Cille and St. Columba’s trail

1 year ago Ivan

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The curious background of Tombland Alley

1 year ago Leo S

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Larnach Castle: a haunted castle high on a hill

1 year ago Nathan

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Corenno Plinio: enchanting medieval hamlet on the eastern branch of Como Lake

1 year ago Anya016

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Centuries of history and miracles: the beautiful Laorca Cemetery

2 years ago Anya016

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Viareggio: a statue for Ettore, the cat friend of fishermen

2 years ago Danilo G.

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Fairy Rock, the place where according to local legends fairies used to dance in the moonlight and invite handsome young men into their grottoes ~

2 years ago Leo S

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• Myths and Legends

The legend of the ghost playing the bagpipe at Edinburgh Castle

2 years ago Adam

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Tarpeian Rock: in the early Roman empire, people deemed traditors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock

2 years ago Danilo G.

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Fairy Steps, the legendary stone steps that were once used to haul coffins up the rockface ~

2 years ago Leo S

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Katzenbalgen, the Monument to Homeless Cats

2 years ago Pavel

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Nine Ladies stone circle and their King Stone

2 years ago Nathan

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Hanoi’s Train Street: twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

2 years ago Nathan

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Drangurinn Rock and the Elves in South-Iceland Folklore

2 years ago Nathan

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• Lighthouses of the world

Ballycotton Lighthouse, one of only two black lighthouses in Ireland

2 years ago Nathan

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• Extras

Meikleour Beech Hedge: the Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

2 years ago Robin

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Obake Kaidan: a flight of this “ghost staircase” has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down….

2 years ago Nathan

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El Cañuelo: the small fort that played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city

2 years ago Robin

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Old City Wall of Berlin: the last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city

2 years ago Anya016