Nardò, Italy
Monteruga Ghost Town
A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.
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Nardò, Italy
A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
Åkraberg, Sweden
Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.
Mörbylånga, Sweden
Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.
London, England
A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.
Scotland
Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.
Uppsala, Sweden
A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.
Cape Town, South Africa
This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.
Valence-sur-Baïse, France
A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Glendale, California
This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.
London, England
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
Rootsiküla, Estonia
This little gem in the Gulf of Riga has a very rich heritage and distinct culture.
El Calafate, Argentina
This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.
Louisville, Kentucky
A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.
Stockholm, Sweden
This centuries-old rooster survived a devastating fire.
Ikateq, Greenland
A surprisingly beautiful abandoned World War II military base in East Greenland.
Tikal, Guatemala
Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.
Aquinnah, Massachusetts
Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.
Leland, Michigan
A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.
Konitsa, Greece
One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.
Hisor, Tajikistan
The first version of this stalwart construction appeared around 3,000 years ago.