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Chinese Pyramids of Xian

Xianyang, China

Chinese Pyramids of Xian

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

Villa Excelsior

Asturias, Spain

Villa Excelsior

An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.

Las Fuentes Georginas

Zunil, Guatemala

Las Fuentes Georginas

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Cave Moon, interior galleries

Titulcia, Spain

Cave of the Moon

Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.

Balestrino Ghost Village

Balestrino, Italy

Balestrino Ghost Village

Abandoned medieval hill town.

Waves lap the shore of Capo Testa (Flickr/Frengo2.0)

Capo Testa, Italy

Capo Testa Rock Formations

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

Tuscan countryside and the geothermal creek (Flickr/pedro prats)

Saturnia, Italy

Terme di Saturnia

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Nature's flying buttresses, lined up as far as the eye can see

Ribadeo, Spain

Playa de las Catedrales

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

A roof for eternity.

Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal

The Village of Monsanto

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

Sant Miquel del Fai

Sant Quirze Safaja, Spain

Church of Sant Miquel del Fai

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Empty shoots at Aquatic Paradise
Permanently Closed

Sitges, Spain

Sitges Aquatic Paradise

Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.

Decrepit structures in the medieval village

Province of Matera, Italy

The Village of Craco

An Italian hillside ghost town.

We were at the viewpoint very nice know looking how we can get down

Jablanac, Croatia

Jablanac Shipwreck

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

Huacachina

Ica, Peru

Huacachina

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

Waitomo, New Zealand

Waitomo, New Zealand

Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

On the way

San Jose, California

Drawbridge

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

"Chicken and mushroom" rock formations.

Egypt

White Desert

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Thistle Ghost Town
Permanently Closed

Fairview, Utah

Thistle Ghost Town

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Bunker in Albania countryside.

Elbasan County, Albania

Bunkers of Albania

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

Ruins of the Observatory. (Wikimedia Commons)

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Pip Ivan Observatory

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

Items for sale in a blue alley in Chefchaouen. (magda-maciek/Flickr)

Chefchaouen, Morocco

Chefchaouen

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Igloo City

Cantwell, Alaska

Igloo City

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

Inside the tunnels of Kariz-e-Kish.

Kish, Iran

Kariz-e-Kish

Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.

Odesa Catacombs

Odesa, Ukraine

Odesa Catacombs

The largest catacomb system in the world.

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