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Oak Hill, West Virginia
Glen Jean School
An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.
Bacoli, Italy
Upside-Down Fig Tree
A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.
London, Ontario
Abandoned Veterans Village at Westminster Ponds
The ruins of a rehabilitation center for World War II vets can be found in the Westminster Ponds Conservation area.
Jerome, Arizona
Abandoned Jerome Post Office
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Morristown, Tennessee
The 'Evil Dead' Cabin
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Rome, Italy
Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
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Peninsula, Ohio
Helltown, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.
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11 Hidden Spots to Enter the Underworld
A world tour of the gateways of Hell.
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Mesmerizing Photos of Abandoned Structures in the High Arctic
Old mining towns and research shacks lie in ruins in the Svalbard islands.
Silver City, New Mexico
Gila Cliff Dwellings
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
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Guatape, Colombia
La Manuela Hacienda Ruins
Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.
Kayenta, Arizona
Mystery Valley
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
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Ovid, New York
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
Guadalupe, California
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes
Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.
Poland
Muchołapka
A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ÄŒolina Kapa Astronomical Observatory
The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.
Edertal, Germany
Love Island and Castle Bring
Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.
Galway, Ireland
Kilmacduagh Round Tower
The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.
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