Halifax, Nova Scotia
McNabs Island
This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.
Vik, Iceland
A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.
Dunvegan, Scotland
See antique textile machines in operation, bringing industrial history vividly to life.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Does this statue depict Thor, or Jesus Christ? Nobody knows.
Montreal, Québec
A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.
Bergen, Norway
This student-run nightclub was originally a World War II bomb shelter.
Boston, Massachusetts
The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.
Münster, Germany
Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.
London, England
A statue for a zoo that was never built.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
This historic vessel on display in Massachusetts made a dozen scientific expeditions into the Arctic.
Iceland
A rugged hike leads to a breathtaking waterfall, once thought to be the tallest in Iceland.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.
Port Glasgow, Scotland
A sculpture dedicated to this town’s rich shipbuilding heritage.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An unusual entertainment complex full of up-cycled musical instruments.
Ceres, Scotland
A well-traveled statuette of a much-beloved village icon.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.
Dundee, Scotland
Dedicated to one of the nation's worst engineering disasters.
Eglinton, Scotland
The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A controversial cenotaph dedicated to a local physician with an unscrupulous past.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.
Stirling, Scotland
A distinctive building that incorporates a mythical beast into its architecture.
Hume, Scotland
From fortification to folly, this hilltop structure has undergone many changes in the last 800 years.