Matera, Italy
La Palomba
An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.
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Matera, Italy
An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.
Castellana Grotte, Italy
The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.
Sannicola, Italy
This 10th-century seaside abbey holds spectacular views and a window into the past.
Nardò, Italy
A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.
Ioannina Island, Greece
A lake island of richly decorated monasteries, where a fugitive ruler met his end
Kalarrites, Greece
This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.
Thessaloniki, Greece
This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.
Thessaloniki, Greece
Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.