Skagen, Denmark
The Sand-Covered Church
Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.
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Skagen, Denmark
Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.
Yangpyeong, South Korea
This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.
Ethiopia
An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.
Teufen, Switzerland
Created by a pair of artists, this former hotel was designed to provide a minimum of everything including comfort.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.
Hangzhou, China
China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Steingrímsfjörður, Iceland
A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.
Stekene, Belgium
Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.
Iceland
This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.
Sint Jansklooster, Netherlands
Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.
Modena, Italy
This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.
Itaguaí, Brazil
An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Berkeley, California
This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.
Stockholm, Sweden
This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.
Huara, Chile
One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.
Boyers, Pennsylvania
The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.
Chandler, Arizona
A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Brighton, England
Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.
Ylöjärvi, Finland
This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.