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Ellicott City, Maryland
St. Mary's College
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart Winkel Tower
Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.
Canfranc, Spain
Canfranc International Railway Station
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Jersey
La Hougue Bie
A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
St. Nicholas Church House
Decaying 18th-century church converted to a single-family home.
Reserve Jangal Masrur Joni-I, India
Masrur Temple
15 monolithic temples emulate an eroding sand castle.
Mampikony, Madagascar
Ambohimanga Main Gate
Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.
Aksum, Ethiopia
Obelisk of Axum
Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.
Løkken, Denmark
Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse
An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.
Shahrak, Afghanistan
Minaret of Jam
200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.
Pavia, Portugal
Anta de Pavia
Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.
Els Prats de Rei, Spain
The Manresana Tower
Tower that was a frequent stop on the travels of King James I.
VerdĂº, Spain
Estinclells Iberian Site
Archaeological site of Iberian people ruins.
Vilanova de Sau, Spain
Sant RomĂ de Sau
A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.
Charmouth, England
Charmouth Beach
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Diligent River, Nova Scotia
Mary Celeste Monument
Commemoration of a sea voyage gone mysteriously wrong.
Kunene Region, Namibia
Twyfelfontein
Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.
Carnac, France
Carnac Stones
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
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