Shanklin, England
Shanklin Chine
This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.
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Shanklin, England
This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
Skipton, England
Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.
Bath, England
Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
The hottest place on the planet.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Kampot Province, Cambodia
A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.
Egremont, United Kingdom
The rust covering this old mine's abandoned buildings matches the red pigment it once produced.
Cerveteri, Italy
Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Ware, England
Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.
Mow Cop, England
This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.
Finland
Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Lisbon, Portugal
Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.
Brussels, Belgium
Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.