Trinidad, Cuba
Discoteca Ayala
This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.
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Trinidad, Cuba
This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.
Havana, Cuba
No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Tristan da Cunha
The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.
Christmas Island, Australia
The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.
Dubova, Romania
A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.
Belgrade, Serbia
Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.
Belgrade, Serbia
A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.
Chisinau, Moldova
This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Tirana, Albania
Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.
Pizzo, Italy
This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.
Ōsaki, Japan
A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Kamakura, Japan
A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.
Naxos, Greece
This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.
Vitorchiano, Italy
A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.
Duns, Scotland
The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
Krakow, Poland
A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.
Macquarie, Australia
This roadside attraction became locally famous for its unintentionally phallic shape.
Rome, Italy
Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.