Muynak District, Uzbekistan
Moynaq
Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.
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Muynak District, Uzbekistan
Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.
Aralsk, Kazakhstan
Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.
Neskowin, Oregon
The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.
Øygarden kommune, Norway
Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.
Bergen, Norway
Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.
Moravský Krumlov, Czechia
Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha spent 18 years creating these monumental paintings of Slavic history and mythology.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia
An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."
Potsdam, Germany
Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.
Los Angeles, California
This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.
Los Angeles, California
Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.
Los Angeles, California
This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Benicia, California
The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.
Anacortes, Washington
This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.
Ad Dilam, Saudi Arabia
A historic structure that once housed pigeons used by farmers to help fertilize farmland.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.
Moscow, Russia
This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.
Moscow, Russia
This massive monument honors the first human in space.
Baturiti, Indonesia
An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.
Lucknow, India
This magnificent 18th-century hall consists of a maze of nearly a thousand interconnected passages.
New York, New York
This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.
Dalsland, Sweden
This small museum explores questions of representation, diversity, and identity.