San Francisco, California
Secret Tiled Staircase
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
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San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Plombières, Belgium
Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.
Genk, Belgium
This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.
Heuvelland, Belgium
A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.
Brussels, Belgium
The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.
Antwerp, Belgium
An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.
Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Brussels, Belgium
This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.
Genappe, Belgium
A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Trieste, Italy
During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.
Budapest, Hungary
A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.
Krakow, Poland
This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.
Krakow, Poland
There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.
Krakow, Poland
At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.
Bratislava, Slovakia
The largest fountain in Bratislava.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A unique hotel for the artistic soul.
Vienna, Austria
The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.