Çumra, Turkey
Çatalhöyük
The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.
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Çumra, Turkey
The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.
Bordoy, Faroe Islands
Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.
Miri, Malaysia
One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.
Guilin, China
Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.
La Perouse, Australia
Hidden among popular Sydney golf courses is a little remembered graveyard populated by smallpox victims.
Kaymaklı Belediyesi, Turkey
While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.
Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Sundi, São Tomé and Príncipe
This abandoned plantation was once witness to an eclipse that proved Einstein's theory of relativity.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Derinkuyu, Turkey
The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.
Özkonak Belediyesi, Turkey
This ancient subterranean megalopolis is known for the hot oil traps that were installed above each of its entrances.
Puerto Princesa, Philippines
This tiny island protects a number of rare bird species by only allowing visitors to set foot on the beach.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Kananaskis, Alberta
What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.
Liverpool, England
Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
This mysterious abandoned fort looks like something pulled right from Arabian legend.
Gold Beach, Oregon
This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.
Paola, Malta
This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.
Clifton, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Lupșa, Romania
Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Bayatbademleri Köyü, Turkey
Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.