Ventnor, England
Blackgang Chine
The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.
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Ventnor, England
The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.
Luang Prabang, Laos
Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Sossusvlei, Namibia
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Billund, Denmark
The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.
Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Kamakura, Japan
A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Shanghai, China
This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.
Sark, Guernsey
The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Downe, England
The Origin of On the Origin of Species.
Tasiilaq, Greenland
Small Island off the coast of Greenland.
Denizli Merkez, Turkey
A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.