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Moelfre, Wales
Din Lligwy
These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.
Monticello, Florida
Nautilus Foundation
The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.
Paris, France
Parc Monceau
The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.
Amman, Jordan
Hand of Hercules
The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.
Vagli Sopra, Italy
Lago di Vagli
This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
Lima, Peru
Huaca Pucllana
This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
Ridala Parish, Estonia
Ungru Manor
The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.
Ridala Parish, Estonia
Haapsalu Airfield
This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.
Brighton, England
The Daddy Long Legs Seashore Railway
The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.
Farmington, Connecticut
Hospital Rock
These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.
Wah, Pakistan
Ancient City of Taxila
A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.
Sanford, North Carolina
Old Carbonton Dam
An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Vindicator Valley Trail
This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.
Danville, Vermont
The Forgotten Village at Greenbank's Hollow
Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.
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Milan, Italy
Albergo Diurno Venezia
Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.
Chiusdino, Italy
Abbey of San Galgano
These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.
Pecos, New Mexico
Pecos National Historical Park
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
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