Ruins

This chimney is the oldest free standing industrial chimney in Britain.

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

The remains of a Zoroastrian temple that bore witness to a time when Aden was a flourishing trading hub.

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

Of the many Jesuit missions in South America, this complex is one of the best preserved.

This beautiful Romanesque church preserves stunning medieval frescoes and the excavations of a Roman market town.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

This Scottish bay still reveals evidence of its days as a seaside swimming pool.

The ruins of a thousand-year-old hermitage are tucked away deep in the sloping forests of Albano Lake.

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.