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Fountain of Wealth
This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.
1.2947, 103.8589
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Neak Pean
A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.
13.4633, 103.8948
Helsinki, Finland
Seurasaari Open Air Museum
A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.
60.1812, 24.8833
Budapest, Hungary
Bullet Hole Markers at the Ministry of Agriculture Building
This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
47.5065, 19.0481
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Umong
Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.
18.7833, 98.9490
Rijeka, Croatia
Torpedo Launch Station
Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.
45.3341, 14.4036
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
56.8763, -5.4319
Kupari, Croatia
The Abandoned Hotels of Kupari
The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.
42.6197, 18.1906
Malinska, Croatia
Abandoned Haludovo Palace Hotel
This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.
45.1308, 14.5273
Berlin, Germany
Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
52.5186, 13.3759
Budapest, Hungary
Péter Mansfeld Monument
This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.
47.5029, 19.0357
Washington, D.C.
National Bonsai Museum
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
38.9120, -76.9687
Oamaru, New Zealand
Steampunk HQ
The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.
-45.1024, 170.9698
Havana, Cuba
La Plaza de la Revolución
A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.
23.1243, -82.3859
Augsburg, Germany
The Vogeltor
According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.
48.3661, 10.9037
Hilo, Hawaii
Mauna Kea
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.
19.8244, -155.4733
Augsburg, Germany
Fuggerei
In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.
48.3697, 10.9039
Mikonos, Greece
Terrace of the Lions
Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
37.4467, 25.3310
Willemstad, Curaçao
Klein Curaçao
Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.
11.9845, -68.6442
Bratislava, Slovakia
Most SNP
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
48.1384, 17.1046
Gdańsk, Poland
Gdańsk Shipyard
A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.
54.3762, 18.6488
Stockholm, Sweden
Skansen Open Air Museum
Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.
59.3244, 18.1013
Dunedin, New Zealand
Tunnel Beach
Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.
-45.9185, 170.4532
Željava, Croatia
Zeljava Airbase
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.
44.8367, 15.7575
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