Timișoara, Romania
Museum of the Communist Consumer
A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.
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Timișoara, Romania
A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.
Madrid, Spain
Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.
Madrid, Spain
Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.
Il-Gżira, Malta
The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.
Valletta, Malta
Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.
Birgu, Malta
The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.
Xagħra, Malta
These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.
Birgu, Malta
This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.
Mosta, Malta
This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."
Rabat, Malta
Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Monaco
This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Bologna, Italy
Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.
Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Milan, Italy
Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Les Terres Basses, Saint Martin
This might be the most famous abandoned hotel in the Caribbean.
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
A fort of historic failures where the island's colonial powers first collided.
Negril, Jamaica
You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!
Quepos, Costa Rica
The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.