Mitsero, Cyprus
Abandoned Mitsero Mines
Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.
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Mitsero, Cyprus
Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.
Plombières, Belgium
Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.
Anegada, British Virgin Islands
A mountain of conch shells created by centuries of fishermen.
Leuk, Switzerland
A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.
Ecublens, Switzerland
The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.
Seegräben, Switzerland
Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.
Geneva, Switzerland
A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.
Dmitrovsky District, Russia
A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Thirsk, England
The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Fregene, Italy
This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.
Järva-Jaani, Estonia
Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Shchyolkovo, Russia
Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.