Wustermark, Germany
Hitler's Olympic Village
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
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Wustermark, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Glasgow, Scotland
Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.
Nazca, Peru
The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.
Bern, Switzerland
The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.
Leixlip, Ireland
A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.
Venice, Italy
This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Krásno, Czechia
A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Caprarola, Italy
A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.
Washington, D.C.
This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.
Gao, Mali
The most important and best preserved remnant of West Africa's powerful Songhai Empire.
Jamestown, New York
Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”
Tarabulus, Libya
This triumphal arch is the only fully standing structure that remains from Roman-era Oea.
Jaipur, India
The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.
Ouidah, Benin
A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Damascus, Arkansas
This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.
North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.
Little Rock, Arkansas
This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.
Llano, Texas
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.