Lucerne, Switzerland
Lion of Lucerne
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
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Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Hamburg, Germany
A suburban monument preserves the faces of twenty murdered Jewish boys and girls.
Morgan City, Louisiana
The only place in the world where the general public can walk aboard an authentic offshore drilling rig.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
Laboe, Germany
This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.
Noisy-le-Grand, France
A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."
Istanbul, Turkey
A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.
Los Angeles, California
This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Derbent, Russia
An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.
Mudurnu, Turkey
The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.
Ming-Kush, Kyrgyzstan
This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Kantubek, Uzbekistan
Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.
Makarau, New Zealand
A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Pernambuco, Brazil
The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.
Itaguaí, Brazil
An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.