Miedzianka, Poland
The Disappeared City of Miedzianka
This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.
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Miedzianka, Poland
This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.
Madrid, Spain
Once a resting spot for King Fernando VII.
Helsinki, Finland
One of the oldest structures in Helsinki is this burrow grave that dates back to the Bronze Age.
Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
The center of this Polish border town was so thoroughly wiped out in World War II that only the foundations remain.
Utrecht, Netherlands
Underground attraction offering tours of the foundational ruins of a church nave that collapsed in 1674.
Forks, Washington
This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.
Kovach, Alberta
Three pristine alpine lakes named in memorial of an accident that resulted in three different plane crashes.
Roccastrada, Italy
Visit a secretive crypt before it crumbles to dust.
Oranienburg, Germany
This abandoned hospital has a long history, having housed both German and Soviet soldiers in the course of its life.
Huế, Vietnam
Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.
North, Arkansas
The warmest cave in the Ozarks features two seemingly bottomless lakes.
Millett, Nevada
A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.
Conca dei Marini, Italy
A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
The site of a Japanese traders’ settlement that once thrived in Ayutthaya, if for less than a century.
Mamerki, Poland
This lakeside bunker complex in Mamerki, Poland, housed the Supreme Military Command of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Ibiza, Spain
The largest and best preserved necropolis in the Western Mediterranean.
Coimbra, Portugal
Nicknamed "Karri Knight," this Eucalyptus was planted in 1895 and stands at 72 meters.
Mortimer, North Carolina
A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.
Nashville, Tennessee
This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.
Corrie, Scotland
A doctor had this large tub carved into rocks to facilitate easier seawater bathing.
Grand Isle, Vermont
Restoring faith in humanity one pie at a time by selling stellar baked goods on an honor system.
Nashville, Tennessee
House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.
Tokyo, Japan
A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.