Hamburg, Germany
Herbertstraße
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
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Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Hamburg, Germany
A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.
Hamburg, Germany
Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Hamburg, Germany
Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.
Ulm, Germany
Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.
Ulm, Germany
A typical crusty old museum this isn't.
Cape Town, South Africa
Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.
Cape Town, South Africa
An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.
Alexandria, Egypt
Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
Cairo, Egypt
A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.
Cairo, Egypt
In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.
Cairo, Egypt
A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.
Cairo, Egypt
Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.
Cairo, Egypt
Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.
Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Bucharest, Romania
This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.
Lupșa, Romania
Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.
Sighetu Marmației, Romania
A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.
Timișoara, Romania
A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.
Constanța, Romania
Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.