Ruins

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

The ruins of a lighthouse on the island Amelia Earhart never reached.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

The world's tallest slum.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.