Kyrgyzstan
San Tash Burial Mound
According to one story, this burial mound is made up of stones that represent the casualties of a major battle.
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Kyrgyzstan
According to one story, this burial mound is made up of stones that represent the casualties of a major battle.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Pirgi, Greece
This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.
Wamego, Kansas
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
Cochem, Germany
This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Goldfield, Nevada
This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.
Pantelleria, Italy
This ancient walled garden turns fog into food.
Smygehuk, Sweden
Sweden's southernmost point is located in this charming fishing village.
Imola, Italy
Also known as "Hell Alley," this tiny street in Imola gained its name in a bloody episode in the 16th-century.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Markaz Al Belina, Egypt
Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.
Cori, Italy
The ruins of this Roman temple dominate the small city in southern Lazio.
Naumburg, Germany
Is this statue at Naumberg Cathedral the fairest of them all?
Stockholm, Sweden
A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.
Sperlonga, Italy
The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Buxton, England
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
Brno, Czechia
Of all the houses that grace this neighborhood, only one is a testament to surreal architecture.
Pastrana, Spain
To fit bodies into this Renaissance crypt, they were first left to decompose in the crypt's rotting room.
Stockholm, Sweden
An ancient tree that was once the favorite of a young Swedish royal.