São Miguel, Portugal
Hotel Monte Palace
This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.
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São Miguel, Portugal
This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.
Hermosa, South Dakota
Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.
Rosendale, New York
This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
Newcomb, New York
An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
Berlin, Germany
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Hachimantai, Japan
Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Portugal
An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.
London, England
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
Prypiat, Ukraine
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Hamburg, New Jersey
Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Columbia, Missouri
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.
Ponce de Leon, Florida
A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.
Seale, Alabama
A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.
Seale, Alabama
A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.
Howrah, India
A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.