Death Valley, California
Wildrose Charcoal Kilns
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
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Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Schnals, Italy
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Bandiagara, Mali
These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Safranbolu, Turkey
Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.
Birobidzhan, Russia
Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.
Chefchaouen, Morocco
Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Ulugnor District, Uzbekistan
One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Ica, Peru
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Moreira do Rei, Portugal
A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.
Zhangzhou, China
Walled family complexes in Southern China.
Zunil, Guatemala
Volcanically heated hot springs.
Iglesias, Italy
On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Yakutsk, Russia
The coldest city in the world.
Famagusta, Cyprus
A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.
Madinet Mit Ghamr, Egypt
Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.
Suakin, Sudan
Remains of an abandoned coral city.