Barcelona, Spain
Casino de la Rabassada
A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.
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Barcelona, Spain
A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.
Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.
Škaljari, Montenegro
This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.
Varberg, Sweden
Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.
Villerouge-Termenès, France
The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Aigues-Mortes, France
This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
Hamsey, England
Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
Botallack, Cornwall
These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Grenada
A violent name for a violent volcano.
Toulouse, France
There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.