Discover L-Bird Flying Museum in San Antonio, Texas: A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.
Archives: Atlas Obscuras
The Ancient Chilpik Tower of Silence
The Chilpik Tower of Silence is believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.
Seattle’s Spite House
Discover Montlake Spite House in Seattle, Washington: This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.
Oreshek Fortress
Discover Oreshek Fortress in Shlisselburg, Russia: An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.
Where the Most Famous of Robin Hood’s Legendary Merry Men is Buried
Little John first appeared in the 14th-century ballads that introduced Robin Hood to the world.
Old St. Hilary’s Chapel
Discover Old St. Hilary's Chapel in Belvedere Tiburon, California: One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.
The KGB’s Secret Poison Factory
Discover The Kamera (The Chamber) in Leninskiy rayon, Russia: The laboratory where the Soviet secret police invented exotic poisons used to kill dissidents in hideous and (mostly) untraceable ways.
Lawnswood Cemetery
Discover Lawnswood Cemetery in Leeds, England: This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.
Oberhafen-Kantine
Discover Oberhafen-Kantine in Hamburg, Germany: This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.
The Moulton Crow Fair
Discover Moulton Crow Fair in Moulton, England: Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.
NASA Goddard Rocket Garden
Discover NASA Goddard Rocket Garden in Lanham, Maryland: A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Factory Butte
Discover Factory Butte in Torrey, Utah: A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.
Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo
Discover Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo in Syracuse, Italy: Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.
Cheylesmore Manor Gatehouse
Discover Cheylesmore Manor Gatehouse in Coventry, England: All that remains of the medieval palace of the famous "Black Prince.".
Succulent Collection of Zürich
Discover Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland: See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.
Lyceum Hall
Discover Lyceum Hall in Salem, Massachusetts: The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.
A Hidden House Between Two Churches
The roughly three-foot-wide abode was built to keep the two churches from touching each other.
This 19-Foot Piano Is One of the Largest in the World
The Alexander Piano is displayed in the workshop of the man who built it as a teenager.
Cardiff Tower
Discover Cardiff Tower in Los Angeles, California: This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.
Dale Dyke Dam Marker and Memorials
Discover Dale Dyke Dam Marker and Memorials in South Yorkshire, England: The collapse of the brand-new dam caused one of the worst floods in British history.