Kohtla-Nõmme, Estonia
Kohtla Mining Park
This old Estonian mine has been kept like a sprawling time capsule of the local shale industry.
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Kohtla-Nõmme, Estonia
This old Estonian mine has been kept like a sprawling time capsule of the local shale industry.
Ridala Parish, Estonia
This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.
Madise, Estonia
Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.
Tahkuna, Estonia
Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.
Piusa, Estonia
Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Estonia
A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.
Ridala Parish, Estonia
The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Stockholm, Sweden
Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.
Duzluk, Croatia
Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.
Hatgal, Mongolia
Traces of the thriving lake trade that once linked the Soviet Union with Mongolia.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Selçuk, Turkey
This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.
Chiloquin, Oregon
All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.
Yangon, Myanmar
The ruins of this prominent glass factory yield hidden treasures buried among the jungle floor.
Ponsanooth, England
A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.
Egremont, United Kingdom
The rust covering this old mine's abandoned buildings matches the red pigment it once produced.
London, England
The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.
Nottingham, England
This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."
Sheffield, England
A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.
Barcelona, Spain
For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.