Datong, China
Hanging Temple of Hengshan
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
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Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Blimbing, Indonesia
Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.
Kuta, Indonesia
The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.
Malang, Indonesia
This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.
Baturiti, Indonesia
An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.
Krong Kaeb, Cambodia
An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.
Kampot Province, Cambodia
A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.
Dalat, Vietnam
A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
Hòa Vang, Vietnam
This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Canterbury, England
A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.
Coventry, England
All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.
Isles of Scilly, England
At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.
Berlin, Germany
This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.
Göttingen, Germany
One of the oldest student jails in Germany.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Priozerskiy rayon, Russia
A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.
Kazan, Russia
This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.