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Ysabet

Geocacher, shameless writer, ferret-wrangler and 29-year-veteran of the SCA. I come from the Florida Panhandle but live in the Sonoran Desert and herd Case Managers at a hospital for a living.

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Littleton, North Carolina

Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Cryptozoology Paranomal Museum

Added by Cryptozoology Paranomal Museum

Escondido, California

Elfin Forest

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

wmilam

Added by wmilam

Shoreham-by-Sea, England

Houseboats of Shoreham

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

Rubix Fountain

Added by Rubix Fountain

Earle, Arkansas

Parkin Archeological State Park

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

jusTodd

Added by jusTodd

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Hidden Cave at Grimes Point

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Casma District, Peru

Cerro Sechin

The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.

chelowhite

Added by chelowhite

Paulilatino, Italy

Well of Santa Cristina

This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.

Keswick, England

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Added by thescousewife

Prague, Czechia

Speculum Alchemiae

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Added by luschippa

Baraboo, Wisconsin

Man Mound

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

Stephen J Taylor

Added by Stephen J Taylor

Loretto, Pennsylvania

Prince Demetrius Gallitzin Crypt

The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.

Stephen J Taylor

Added by Stephen J Taylor

Golosov Ravine

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

alleywaykid

Added by alleywaykid

Uplistsikhe Cave Town

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Added by Tawsam

Orkney, Scotland

Cuween Hill Cairn

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

AlexKohan

Added by AlexKohan

Templin, Germany

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Traffic Signs

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

Added by basaltena

Homestead Crater

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Added by gailberg

Högberget Cave

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

London, England

The Sherlock Holmes Museum

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Whigham, Georgia

Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

Mom0ja

Added by Mom0ja

Winslow, Arizona

Jack Rabbit Trading Post

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

Eirik Gumeny

Added by Eirik Gumeny

Honolulu, Hawaii

Ruins of Kaniakapūpū

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

Charles Fowler

Added by Charles Fowler

Tallahassee, Florida

Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

Mom0ja

Added by Mom0ja

Flagstaff, Arizona

Wupatki National Monument

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Steve S

Added by Steve S