Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
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Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Pniewo, Poland
What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Antarctica
At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.
Sandy Island
This phantom island appeared on maps for over a century before amateur radio enthusiasts beat Google Earth to the punch in its "undiscovery."
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Türisalu, Estonia
Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.
Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Oosterbeek, Netherlands
An idyllic hotel that gave its name to a supposed shadow government.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Florence, Italy
A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.