Honolulu, Hawaii
Ruins of Kaniakapūpū
What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.
Nuévalos, Spain
12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.
Memphis, Tennessee
This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde
Once a bustling fishing village and trading post, today these Cape Verde ruins provide a home only for seabirds and turtles.
San Andres de Giles, Argentina
Crumbling crypts and overgrown graves rise just out of arm's reach in this forgotten Buenos Aires graveyard.
Poggioreale, Italy
This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.
Tlell, British Columbia
The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
Finland
Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.
Tikal, Guatemala
The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.
Camarillo, California
Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.
Littleton, New Hampshire
According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.
Walarano, Vanuatu
Nestled in the jungles of Vanuatu are the remains of what was once a cannibal oven.
Chicago, Illinois
A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Francois Peron National Park, Australia
This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.
Campaka, Indonesia
These broken shards of ancient ruin may hide an ancient pyramid.
Mondsee, Austria
This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."
Macha, Bolivia
A giant, bloody battle rages throughout the Bolivian Andes each year.
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Lima, Peru
The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.