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The Badlands Guardian

Walsh, Alberta

The Badlands Guardian

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

Wolfe's Cove Tunnel

Québec City, Québec

Wolfe's Cove Tunnel

Train tunnel running underneath Quebec City.

A lane of signs in the forest

Watson Lake, Yukon

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

Sandstone arch

Lower Darnley, Prince Edward Island

Red Sands of Prince Edward Island

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

Val-Jalbert Ghost Town

Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec

Val-Jalbert Ghost Town

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

The Banff merman is a horrifying taxidermy experiement.

Banff, Alberta

Banff Merman

This mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas resides at the Banff Trading Post.

The abandoned London Psychiatric Hospital.
Permanently Closed

London, Ontario

London Psychiatric Hospital

Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.

Frozen bubbles in the ice of Lake Abraham.

Alberta

Abraham Lake

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

Pesuta Shipwreck

Tlell, British Columbia

Pesuta Shipwreck

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

From the exhibit.
Permanently Closed

Vancouver, British Columbia

Neon Vancouver | Ugly Vancouver

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

The Grotto

Tobermory, Ontario

The Bruce Peninsula Grotto

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

Socotra Island

Yemen

Socotra Island

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Shibam

Shibam, Yemen

Shibam

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

Buildings and sky reflected in the cistern.

Yemen

Hababah Water Cistern

A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.

Queen Elizabeth 2

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Queen Elizabeth 2

This living legend of maritime history is enjoying a second life.

Some of the houses have blue and green walls.

Al Madam, United Arab Emirates

Buried Village of Al Madam

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

World Islands

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The World Islands

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

The main prayer hall at Taksim Mosque, Istanbul.

Istanbul, Turkey

Taksim Mosque

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

Each house in Burj Al Babas has a rounded turret like a storybook castle.

Mudurnu, Turkey

Burj Al Babas

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

The main hot section.

Gaziantep, Turkey

Abandoned Turkish Bath

This hidden gem is bathed in beautiful natural light.

1513 Piri Reis Map portion

Istanbul, Turkey

Piri Reis Map at Topkapi Palace

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

The Judah Thumb

Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

The Judah Thumb

In the middle of a barren desert, a massive, solitary rocky thumb juts out.

Qasr al-Farid

Hegra, Saudi Arabia

Qasr al-Farid

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

Nabataean carved tombs at Hegra

Hegra, Saudi Arabia

Hegra Archaeological Site

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

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