São Miguel, Portugal
Hotel Monte Palace
This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.
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São Miguel, Portugal
This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Trondheim, Norway
The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Nice, France
This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.
Huangshan, China
This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
Crawfordsville, Indiana
The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.
Imatra, Finland
These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.
Hamburg, New Jersey
Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.
Krakow, Poland
This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.
Seattle, Washington
From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.
Manchester, England
Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Worden, Montana
The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.
Ongar, England
This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.
Rome, Italy
This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
Manchester, England
These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.