Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Guomao Community
High rises built to house displaced military personnel and their families form a unique cylindrical shape.
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Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
High rises built to house displaced military personnel and their families form a unique cylindrical shape.
Noisy-le-Grand, France
This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.
Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Šibenik, Croatia
This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.
Rapa, Poland
A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.
Stomoplo, Bulgaria
Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.
Calgary, Alberta
With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.
Tallinn, Estonia
A series of concentric circles represented a bold new experiment in socialist urban planning, and it notoriously difficult to get around.
Utrecht, Netherlands
The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.
La Paz, Bolivia
The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.
Exeter, England
At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.
Valencia, Spain
This abandoned viewing platform has become a monument to unnecessary government spending.
Giessen, Germany
An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.
Singapore
The highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore looks like a series of undulating waves rising between two public parks.
Hemel Hempstead, England
A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.
Pernambuco, Brazil
The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.
Athens, Greece
With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.
Worthington, Pennsylvania
Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.
Kazichene, Bulgaria
The Bulgarian royal family exclusively used this ornate, now-abandoned train station.