London, England
'Potteries and Piggeries' Bottle Kiln
A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.
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London, England
A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.
Dilijan, Armenia
The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.
Melbourne, Australia
An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.
Landsborough, Australia
This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Port Costa, California
A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.
Walhalla, South Carolina
An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.
Riga, Latvia
A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.
Birgu, Malta
This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.
Dublin, Ireland
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.
Dublin, Ireland
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
Newtown Linford, England
The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.
Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Whitby, England
The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
Zagreb, Croatia
Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.
Rijeka, Croatia
This Croatian computer club features such gaming relics as the infamous Virtual Boy and an 8-bit Pacman machine.
Castleton, England
Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.
Arinj, Armenia
She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.
Areni, Armenia
This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.
Khndzoresk, Armenia
Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.