New Taipei City, Taiwan
‘Mountain Home’
A forgotten hiker’s lodge, now reclaimed by the forest, with its chimney standing as a lone sentinel of the past.
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New Taipei City, Taiwan
A forgotten hiker’s lodge, now reclaimed by the forest, with its chimney standing as a lone sentinel of the past.
Higashimurayama, Japan
Considered the oldest intact wooden structure in Tokyo Prefecture, this impressive temple was built in 1407.
Mexico City, Mexico
These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
The steep slope known as “Ob Hill” overlooks an Antarctic research station.
Nishiki, Japan
Secret tunnels leading to underground facilities lurk near the remains of a World War II-era Japanese Navy airbase.
Isle of Whithorn, Scotland
This medieval pilgrimage site was a key part of the early Christian missionary work in Scotland.
Conifer, Colorado
A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.
Tayma, Saudi Arabia
In the Arabian Desert, a surreal rock formation stands cut clean in half.
Ararat, Australia
Now a museum, this was once a prison facility and a hospital for the “criminally insane.”
Hurricane, Utah
A surviving concrete arrow from an early-20th-century airmail-navigation network overlooks a reservoir.
Jaén, Spain
For centuries, the largest Arab bathhouse in Spain was hidden under a palace.
Wales
Wander along roughly a mile of paths in what may be the world's largest forest labyrinth.
Mountain Pass, California
The only mine for rare earth elements in the United States has been intermittently active since the 1950s.
Sefrou, Morocco
Often referred to as one of the most haunted places in Morocco.
Coqueza Canton, Bolivia
Halfway up a volcano at the edge of the world’s largest salt flats is a cave with seven mummies.
Tōno City, Japan
Visitors are encouraged to fish for water goblins at this haunted pool.
Ko Samui, Thailand
This natural rock formation has an anatomical aesthetic.
Sofia, Bulgaria
The famous springs of this small town still flow outside this historic building.
Glenns Ferry, Idaho
At the site of the most dangerous crossings on the Oregon Trail, a museum explores the complex history of westward migration in America.
Hakone, Japan
The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.
St. Paul's Bay, Malta
Estimated at over 1,000 years old, one of Malta's oldest trees serves as a living link to its ancient past.
Malpe, India
These four small islands contain unique hexagonal rock formations.
Aouli, Morocco
Large-scale operations in these mines ceased in the 1960s, leaving behind crumbling processing facilities and deserted living quarters.
Jiufen, Taiwan
A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.