Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France
Jonas Caves
A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.
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Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France
A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Karlukovo, Bulgaria
The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.
Sligo, Ireland
A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.
Stamford, Connecticut
An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.
Moreira do Rei, Portugal
A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.
Milton, Scotland
This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.
Kilpeck, England
Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.
Kilpeck, England
Detailed sandstone carvings show an array of symbolism and adorable animals.
Tywyn, Wales
A modest stone circle in North Wales.
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Cardross, Scotland
One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Pozzuoli, Italy
A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Yonkers, New York
An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.
Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Tréguennec, France
The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Kayaköy, Turkey
A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.