Portugal
Mina de São Domingos (Sao Domingos Mines)
An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.
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Portugal
An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.
Lisbon, Portugal
A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.
Sintra, Portugal
An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.
Lisbon, Portugal
This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Sebastopol, California
Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."
Marshall, California
Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.
Pacifica, California
Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
Koloa, Hawaii
A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.
Fremont, California
The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.
Richmond, California
Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.
San Quentin, California
This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.