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Scafell Pike

Seascale, England

Scafell Pike

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

Archie in his tank. Creative Commons photo by Steve Sparshott

London, England

Archie the Giant Squid

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

 Monument to the Uprising of the People of Kordun and Banija

Malička, Croatia

Petrova Gora

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

Entrance No. 2

Željava, Croatia

Zeljava Airbase

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

Villa Rebar

Zagreb, Croatia

Villa Rebar

This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

Brestovac Sanatorium

Zagreb, Croatia

Brestovac Sanatorium

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.

Parys Mountain

Amlwch, Wales

Parys Mountain

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

The Great Orme Copper Mine.

Llandudno, Wales

The Great Orme Copper Mines

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

Bounce Below

Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales

Llechwedd Caverns Trampoline Park

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

Snowdon

Caernarfon, Wales

Snowdon

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

Merdeka Square Flagpole

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Merdeka Square Flagpole

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

Bamboo Playhouse.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Bamboo Playhouse

A delightful architectural wonder awaits on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest park.

Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

The statue at the entrance.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kwai Chai Hong

An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

BookXcess RexKL

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

BookXcess RexKL

Kuala Lumpur’s historic single-screen cinema, transformed into a labyrinthine bookstore.

Stott Hall Farm

Ripponden, England

Stott Hall Farm

The house in the middle of the motorway.

Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker. (Wikimedia Commons)

Nantwich, England

Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker

On a site with a long military history, a 1980s shelter.

Windy Hill transmitter

Ripponden, England

Windy Hill

The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.

The Chained Oak

Alton, England

The Chained Oak

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

Hall Hill Troughs.

Eyam, England

Hall Hill Troughs

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

The Riley Graves

Eyam, England

Eyam Plague Village Museum

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Full view.
Permanently Closed

Manchester, England

'22 Bees'

This massive memorial commemorates those who died in the Manchester Arena bombing.

The entrance to Afflecks.

Manchester, England

Afflecks

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

The Tree of Remembrance with pigeons roosting in it.

Manchester, England

Tree of Remembrance

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.

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