Canale Monterano, Italy
The Ghost City of Monterano
The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.
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Canale Monterano, Italy
The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Orvieto, Italy
Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Rome, Italy
Roman-era ships unearthed...
Fregene, Italy
This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.
Naples, Italy
This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.
Sasso di Castalda, Italy
Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.
Bologna, Italy
An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Liberec, Czechia
This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Schipkau, Germany
The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.
Lidice, Czechia
The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Litomysl, Czechia
Unique house covered in a nightmarish mural of demons, ghosts and monsters.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Klatovy, Czechia
These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.
Brno, Czechia
Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.
Prague, Czechia
Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.
Prague, Czechia
A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Moscow, Russia
Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.
Moscow, Russia
World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.