El-Montaza, Egypt
Baron Empain Palace
Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.
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El-Montaza, Egypt
Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.
Kish, Iran
This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.
Ming-Kush, Kyrgyzstan
This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.
Astana, Kazakhstan
An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.
Astana, Kazakhstan
A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.
Astana, Kazakhstan
Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.
Kabul, Afghanistan
The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.
Cairo, Egypt
Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Al-Khums, Libya
Magnificent Roman ruins lie vulnerable to destruction on the edge of the Mediterranean.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'
Kupari, Croatia
The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.
Malinska, Croatia
This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.
Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
North Macedonia
An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
Pristina, Kosovo
A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Belgrade, Serbia
Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.
Baghdad, Iraq
A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.
Kabul, Afghanistan
What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.
Shahrak, Afghanistan
200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.