Stockholm, Sweden
R1 Nuclear Reactor
Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.
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Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.
Kalkar, Germany
An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.
Airdrie, Scotland
A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.
Apollo Beach, Florida
Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Marshall Islands
An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
Dezzo, Italy
This house certainly has a unique decor.
Ransom Canyon, Texas
A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.
Yucca, Arizona
This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Casa Grande, Arizona
An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Nekoma, North Dakota
The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
Montauk, New York
A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.
Newcomb, New York
An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.