Beelitz, Germany
Beelitz Heilstätten
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
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Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Nekoma, North Dakota
The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
Atlanta, Georgia
The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.
Željava, Croatia
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.
Løkken, Denmark
An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Cavite City, Philippines
A man-made island designed to look like a massive battleship.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Nuremberg, Germany
This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Binz, Germany
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
North Pole, Alaska
An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.
Addison, Illinois
Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.
Benicia, California
The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.
Nueva Gerona, Cuba
A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Charleroi, Belgium
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
Marousi, Greece
What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.
Istra, Russia
A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.
Vis, Croatia
Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.
Furnace Creek, California
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Pacifica, California
The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.
Seattle, Washington
This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.