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Cercle solaire du Kiischpelt

Kiischpelt, Luxembourg

Kiischpelt’s Solar Circle

This modest monument marks the only point of intersection between longitude and latitude in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

World War I Firing Walls

Aldershot, England

World War I Firing Walls

These remnants of World War I firing walls can be found in the woodlands of Aldershot.

Graffiti on the exterior walls and the conveyor belt

Kiel, Germany

Kiel’s Old Waste Incineration Plant

Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.

It's hard to believe these replicas aren't actually edible.

Tokyo, Japan

Sampuru Shops of Kappabashi Street

Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town” hosts a number of shops selling intricate food replicas.

The Bargain Stone stands in the churchyard.

Wolverhampton, England

Bargain Stone

A mysterious churchyard stone with a peculiar hole was once used to seal market transactions.

Can’t forget the firetruck.

Harrisville, West Virginia

Cliff’s Museum of Car Memorabilia

A lifetime collection of thousands of automobile and vintage gas station items at no charge to view.

View southwest from the trilobite quarry out to Cadiz Valley.

Cadiz, California

Marble Mountains Trilobite Quarry

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.

Drenkelingenhuisje (‘Drowning House’)

Oosterend, Netherlands

Drenkelingenhuisje (‘Drowning House’)

A storm shelter built for survivors of shipwrecks.

The shrine is a small, tranquil location.

Taipei, Taiwan

Yuanshan Water Shrine

A Japanese-era Shinto shrine next to Taipei's most famous night market.

The town of San Vicente de Chupaderos started as a film set.

Durango, Mexico

San Vicente de Chupaderos

A small town that began as a western movie set.

Perlora, Vacation City

Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones, Spain

Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones (Vacation City)

The closed and crumbling Francoist luxury resort for workers is still full of life—for now.

Note the chrysanthemum crests.

Koto City, Japan

Hachiman Bridge

The oldest iron bridge in Japan is preserved and unassumingly placed over a pedestrian path.

Pinal Airpark

Marana, Arizona

Pinal Airpark

Commercial aircraft storage facility, where you can see a TWA 747.

Akiyoshido Cave

Mine, Japan

Akiyoshido Cave

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

The last surviving semaphore tower.

Cobham, England

Chatley Heath Semaphore Tower

This five-story sentinel is the sole surviving semaphore tower in Britain.

The resort that could be mistaken for a Bond villain hideout.

Varzob, Tajikistan

Khoja Obi Garm

A Soviet-era health spa complete with radioactive bathing and shock therapy.

Belvedere do Grinfo

Petrópolis, Brazil

Belvedere do Grinfo

This spaceship-like structure was once a popular roadside restaurant.

View inside the P-4.

Walferdange, Luxembourg

Raschpëtzer Qanat

A Roman water tunnel still flows 2,000 years on.

Kofuku Train Station

Obihiro, Japan

Kofuku Train Station

This station on an abandoned railway line, named for “happiness,” is still a popular destination for lovers.

This may be the oldest pie in the world.

St Helens, England

St Helens 'Oldest Pie' at The Turks Head

A fossilized pie discovered during renovations of a traditional English pub is now on display.

Ulakhan-Sis Range

Russia

Ulakhan-Sis Range

A remote Arctic mountain range is home to "granite cities" found almost nowhere else.

Museum Uranbergbau exterior.

Bad Schlema, Germany

Museum Uranbergbau

Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.

The Red Flat

Sofia, Bulgaria

The Red Flat

An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.

Rusted equipment gears surrounded by moss at the site.

Yekepa, Liberia

Mount Nimba LAMCO Mining Site

A surreal abandoned mining site near West Africa’s tallest mountain.

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