Thorpeness, England
House in the Clouds
Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.
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Thorpeness, England
Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Dunmore, Scotland
A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.
Invergarry, Scotland
From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.
Dunning, Scotland
A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Dublin, Ireland
These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Prypiat, Ukraine
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Ghent, Belgium
This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.
Plombières, Belgium
Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.