Places Edited by happilylost

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.