Gdańsk, Poland
Ruins at Westerplatte
The site of the first battle of World War II.
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Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Höhe, Austria
This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.
Nördlingen, Germany
A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.
Vernon, France
A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Melrose, Scotland
This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.
Odda, Norway
Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
Boden N, Sweden
A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.
Uppsala, Sweden
Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Skhtorashen, Azerbaijan
Local legend says that whoever burns down this 2,000-year-old tree will only have seven days to live.
Alaverdi, Armenia
This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Aralsk, Kazakhstan
Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.
Phonsavan, Laos
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Khmer Rouge's high security prison.
Mogale, South Africa
Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.