Lo-Reninge, Belgium
Ruins of Fort de Knocke
The foundations of a forgotten fortress, wedged in between two streams.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Lo-Reninge, Belgium
The foundations of a forgotten fortress, wedged in between two streams.
Keld, England
The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.
Parikkala, Finland
Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.
Savigny-lès-Beaune, France
This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Chaudfontaine, Belgium
Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.
Lessines, Belgium
One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.
Bruges, Belgium
You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
Fréjus, France
The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.
Monterosso al Mare, Italy
The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
Bordighera, Italy
A wood-and-steel sculpture garden featuring an artful interplay of nature and machinery.
Fiorano modenese, Italy
Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.
Lusiana, Italy
Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.
Bacoli, Italy
A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.
Dolomites, Italy
A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.
Limbiate, Italy
A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.
Varese, Italy
A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.
Borgo a Mozzano, Italy
The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.
Sperlonga, Italy
The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.
Ferentillo, Italy
Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.
Marmore, Italy
Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.
Tramonti di sotto, Italy
This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.
Naples, Italy
This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.