Trapani, Italy
Borgo Amerigo Fazio
A never-inhabited village that was built as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms.
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Trapani, Italy
A never-inhabited village that was built as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms.
Calatafimi, Italy
This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Realmonte, Italy
"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.
Monreale, Italy
Abandoned village in Sicily built during the agricultural reforms of Mussolini.
Shkodër, Albania
According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.
Kodër Spaç, Albania
This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.
Palasë, Albania
Climb into Albania's communist history while enjoying a spectacular ocean view.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
Boudry, Switzerland
This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Ikateq, Greenland
A surprisingly beautiful abandoned World War II military base in East Greenland.
Italy
A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.
Innichen, Italy
Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.
Bovec, Slovenia
A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.
Verzasca, Switzerland
This medieval footbridge in the Swiss Alps is known to attract cliff-jumping daredevils.
Saint-Denis, Italy
An abandoned village that resides along the mountains of the Aosta Valley.
Italy
A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.
Mérida, Mexico
One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Antarctica
An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.
Antarctica
This abandoned Antarctic base sits nearly unchanged since it was forsaken in the 1950s, just waiting for you to visit.
Antarctica
One of America's oldest Antarctic research bases is abandoned but still just waiting for visiting explorers.
Antarctica
This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.
Tandjouare, Togo
Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.