Ladispoli, Italy
Torre Flavia
The ruins of this medieval tower are destined to crumble into the sea.
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Ladispoli, Italy
The ruins of this medieval tower are destined to crumble into the sea.
Taghazout, Morocco
A home for skateboarders with sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean in Morocco.
Tamri, Morocco
Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.
Assaka, Morocco
Hidden behind mountains in Morocco, a remote town hides a thriving surfing community.
Serik, Turkey
The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.
Georgia
Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.
Mestia, Georgia
Despite being tiny and rural this Georgian airport looks like a sci-fi boondoggle.
Turkey
At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
Kayaköy, Turkey
A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.
Selçuk, Turkey
This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.
Selçuk, Turkey
The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Şehzadeler, Turkey
This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.
Laconia, Greece
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Laconia, Greece
This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.
Laconia, Greece
A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.
Laconia, Greece
The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.
Agrilos, Greece
A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Rijeka, Croatia
Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.
Jablanac, Croatia
The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.