Ranthambhore Fort, India
Ranthambore Fort
The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.
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Ranthambhore Fort, India
The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.
Madurai, India
This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.
Højbjerg, Denmark
Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.
Silkeborg, Denmark
Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.
Gdańsk, Poland
Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.
Warsaw, Poland
A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.
Warsaw, Poland
A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.
Zakopane, Poland
Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Wrocław, Poland
The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.
Rapa, Poland
A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Walbrzych, Poland
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Zalipie, Poland
This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
San Fruttuoso, Italy
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Naples, Italy
The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.