Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
L'île Penotte Seashell Art
Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.
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Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.
Bridgnorth, England
This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.
Cefalù, Italy
Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Warsaw, Virginia
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
Provincia de Dos de Mayo, Peru
This remarkably well-preserved Incan city managed to survive the conquistadores.
Deyme, France
The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.
Minnesota
A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.
Washington, D.C.
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.
Onsted, Michigan
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
Wilmington, Delaware
This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.
Salisbury, England
Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.
Tokyo, Japan
Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.
Dublin, Ireland
An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.
London, England
The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.
Kragujevac, Serbia
Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.
Korčula, Croatia
When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.
Slavonski Brod, Croatia
This abandoned Croatian stronghold never saw a great deal of conflict but it is still a beloved relic nonetheless.
Grožnjan, Croatia
The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.
Gdańsk, Poland
A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.
Baltimore, Maryland
This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.
Egerszalók, Hungary
The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.
Washington, D.C.
These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.