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Kallur Lighthouse.

Kalsoy, Faroe Islands

Kallur Lighthouse

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

Strofades monastery.

Moni Strofadon, Greece

Strofades Monastery

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

Photo by Héctor Gutiérrez Guzmán, via Flickr CC

Juan Fernández, Chile

Robinson Crusoe Island

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

Just Room Enough Island

Wellesley Island, New York

Just Room Enough Island

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

Nagano's Darkroom

Nagano, Japan

Nagano's Darkroom

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Qasr al-Farid

Hegra, Saudi Arabia

Qasr al-Farid

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

Kronborg Castle. (Wikimedia Commons)

Helsingør, Denmark

Kronborg Castle (Elsinore)

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Mycenae

Argolis, Greece

Mycenae

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Radial Cairn.

Kerry, Ireland

Knocknakilla Stone Circle

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

Mohenjo-Daro

Moenjodaro, Pakistan

Mohenjo-Daro

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

Saddam Hussein's new construction on the ruins of Babylon.

Hillah, Iraq

Babylon

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

Archeological site of Akrotiri

Santorini, Greece

Prehistoric Town of Akrotiri

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

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Isle of Rum, Scotland

Kinloch Castle

This once-majestic, now-abandoned Victorian castle has seen better days.

Churchill MKII Tank slowly being overtaken by nature.
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Storrington, England

South Downs WWII Churchill Tank

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

Mr. Blobby's House
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Cricket Saint Thomas, England

Mr. Blobby's House

The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.

Most of the rear wall now reduced to rubble
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Nettleham, England

Nettleham Hall

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

Polphail Village
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Tighnabruaich, Scotland

Polphail Village

Built during the Scottish boom in the oil industry, the village was never inhabited.

PsychoBarn
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London, England

PsychoBarn

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

Crown of Bones made by Matthaeus Ball
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Bournemouth, England

Memento Mori Oddities Shop

A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.

Whittingham Hospital
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Whittingham, England

Whittingham Hospital

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

The Blue Lake.
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Fairbourne, Wales

The Blue Lake

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

Denbigh Insane Asylum
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Denbigh, Wales

Denbigh Insane Asylum

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

Piercebridge Roman Bridge

Piercebridge, England

Piercebridge Roman Bridge

This bridge once allowed Dere Street to cross the River Tees.

Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery

Cannock, England

Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery

Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.

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