Daugavpils, Latvia
Daugavpils Fortress
Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.
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Daugavpils, Latvia
Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.
Turin, Italy
Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.
Vilnius, Lithuania
An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Constanța, Romania
Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.
Bucharest, Romania
This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.
Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Błędów, Poland
People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Vienna, Austria
The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.
Vienna, Austria
Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.
Vienna, Austria
The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.
Vienna, Austria
A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Krakow, Poland
Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.
Krakow, Poland
This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.
Krakow, Poland
The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.
Berlin, Germany
A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.