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Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
44.4595, -88.2140
Luarca, Spain
Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
Mumbai, India
The Old Limestone Arch
18.9688, 72.8039
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Belgrade, Serbia
'Roman Well' of the Belgrade Fortress
A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.
Zvezdan, Serbia
Ruins of Felix Romuliana at Gamzigrad
Imperial palace of Emperor Galerius, the Emperor behind the worst Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Necromanteion of Ephyra
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Permanently Closed
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Prison Farm
The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.
South Andaman, India
Netaji Shubash Chandra Bose Island
An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.
Monterosso al Mare, Italy
Il Gigante
The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
Permanently Closed
Tucson, Arizona
309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Nekoma, North Dakota
The Pyramid of North Dakota
The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
Kristiansand, Norway
Kristiansand Kanonmuseum
The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.
Los Angeles, California
Old Zoo Picnic Area
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Discovery Hut
A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Permanently Closed
Rome, Italy
Burcardo Theater Museum
Harlequin costumes, signed scripts, and armor-wearing puppets.
Permanently Closed
Agano, Japan
Niigata Russian Village
A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.
Dresden, Germany
Slaughterhouse Five
Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.
Rome, Italy
The Museum of Roman Ships at Fiumicino
Roman-era ships unearthed...
England
Maunsell Army Sea Forts
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
The Great Pyramid of Cholula
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
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