Paris, France
Museum of the History of Medicine
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
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Paris, France
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Estonia
A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Grabarka, Poland
Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.
Otwock, Poland
An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.
Gdynia, Poland
A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.
Älvsbyn V, Sweden
The concrete skeletons of an abandoned Swedish town hide among the trees.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.
Tingsryd SV, Sweden
A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.
Liepāja, Latvia
The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.
Slampe, Latvia
Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.
Poland
A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".
Kulionys, Lithuania
The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.
Łapalice, Poland
This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Veszprém, Hungary
The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Hajmáskér, Hungary
One of the largest barracks of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy's military is now an abandoned ruin.