Erwin, Tennessee
Lost Cove Settlement
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
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Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Tây Ninh, Vietnam
The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.
Sagada, Philippines
Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.
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.
Vienna, Austria
Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Seattle, Washington
A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.
Dunwich, England
A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.
Shantou, China
China's biggest e-waste village.
Berlin, Germany
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Mount Surprise, Australia
White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.
Cardross, Scotland
One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Kuršumlija, Serbia
The bizarre rocks of Đavolja Varoš are the result of natural erosion.
Newcomb, New York
An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Milan, Italy
Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.
Monterey, California
Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.
Dover Plains, New York
This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.