Erfurt, Germany
Krämerbrücke
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
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Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Bayatbademleri Köyü, Turkey
Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.
Villa Martelli, Argentina
This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Panguipulli, Chile
This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.
Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Murmansk, Russia
The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Goodwell, Oklahoma
On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.
Paris, France
A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.
Hapcheon, South Korea
Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.
Langkawi, Malaysia
This dangerous-looking suspension bridge may have been too unstable to remain open.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Paris, France
This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.
Italy
This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Budapest, Hungary
A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.