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Langcliffe, England
Hoffmann Lime Kilns
A small, archaeology park outside Settle in the Yorkshire Dales with ruins of the impressive Hoffman Lime Kilns and an informative trail which explains the industrial history of the site and leads you to other ruined structures.
Skopje, North Macedonia
The Ship of Doom
A tragic legacy of the attempt to beautify Skopje and line the pockets of corrupt politicians
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Hilden Mill
The decaying giant of Ulster’s lost linen empire.
Budapest, Hungary
Galeria Otthon Áruház
A forgotten Art Deco department store in central Budapest, where faded socialist-era retail grandeur meets the haunting beauty of urban decay.
Northwest Territories
Canol Heritage Trail
An abandoned WWII-era U.S. Army megaproject, turned hiking trail in the remote Canadian subarctic.
Pahrump, Nevada
Wheeler Kilns
Collapsed charcoal kilns in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada.
Governor's Harbour, Bahamas
Club Med Ruins
A crumbling Caribbean resort hidden just steps from a beautiful pink sand beach.
Ironton, Colorado
Colorado Boy Mine
The most easily accessible intact vertical mine shaft structure remaining in the Red Mountain Mining District.
Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Melchoir Brewery Ruins
An 1857 brewery on the banks Mississippi River, now just a ruin with no roof, no windows and only one corner of the building still standing.
Jaipur, India
Bann Ki Ghati Watch Base
A ruined hilltop watch base in the Aravalli ridge above Jaipur, where broken fort walls and a forgotten lookout overlook Man Sagar Lake, reachable only by scrambling through cactus-covered desert trails.
Geneva, Florida
Geneva Bank Vault
From an earlier era, a small community was established and was prosperous but drifted away, leaving only the bank vault behind.
Singapore
Forts of Sentosa
Forgotten forts that were pivotal in Singapore’s military history.
Scotland
The Temple
A folly hidden in the woods that once became home to a cowherd.
Hultanäs, Sweden
Hultanäs Station
A little piece of railroad history preserved on a narrow-gauge railway
Norwich, Connecticut
Norwich Horton Sphere
Abandoned 37.5' diameter rusted metal sphere sitting in the woods.
Larkspur, Colorado
Old Palmer Lake Cemetery
In a beautiful open space on the north side of the Palmer Divide sits one solitary 19th-century gravestone in a copse of trees.
Schleiden, Germany
Wollseifen Village
An eerie ghost village hidden in the forests of the Eifel, frozen in a strange postwar limbo.
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The Rebirth of Pennsylvania’s Infamous Burning Town
Sixty years into the fire that left the town condemned, Centralia is now a haven for wild plants and butterflies.
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