Maras, Peru
Salt Pans of Maras
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
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Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Eden, Australia
A microcosm of the whaling industry in a small Australian town.
Raymond Island, Australia
Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.
Haddington, Scotland
These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.
Queens, New York
A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.
Cape Charles, Virginia
Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Atlanta, Georgia
The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.
Atlanta, Georgia
Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.
Lares, Puerto Rico
The location of Puerto Rico's first water bottling plant, thanks to a collaboration between Mother Nature and technology.
Stockholm, Sweden
This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.
Kairouan, Tunisia
Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.
El Jem, Tunisia
The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.
Winterhaven, California
The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Buxton, England
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
Buxton, England
This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.