Tucson, Arizona
309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
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Tucson, Arizona
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Nouadhibou, Mauritania
The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.
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.
Belize
A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
Koror, Palau
An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.
Murmansk, Russia
A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.
Saariselkä, Finland
Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Spratly Islands
The most disputed archipelago in the world.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
King George Island, Antarctica
One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.
Antarctica
An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Alameda, California
A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
New York, New York
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
Monowi, Nebraska
America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.
Chicago, Illinois
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Russia
Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.
Tromsø, Norway
The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.