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53.7369, 18.9202
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Beijing, China
Destination Club
A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.
39.9286, 116.4433
Sorrento, Italy
Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills)
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
40.6247, 14.3756
Marco Island, Florida
Cape Romano Dome House
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
25.8453, -81.6811
Wentworth Point, Australia
SS Ayrfield
Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.
-33.8332, 151.0767
Sangtoli, India
Kalavantin Durg
A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.
18.9829, 73.2198
Beijing, China
Dixia Cheng - Beijing's Underground City
Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.
39.8988, 116.4019
Torba, Italy
Faceless Nuns of the Torba Monastery
An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.
45.7295, 8.8635
Clusone, Italy
The Triumph of Death
A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.
45.8882, 9.9363
Andria, Italy
Castel del Monte
Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.
41.0848, 16.2706
Florence, Italy
Stibbert Museum
Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.
43.7938, 11.2553
Atessa, Italy
The Dragon Rib of Atessa
A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.
42.0675, 14.4436
Beijing, China
Tian Yi's Tomb
The burial grounds of a Chinese eunuch who served his way into the highest levels of Imperial government.
39.9352, 116.1622
Beijing, China
Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum / Xiannongtan (Temple of Agriculture)
An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.
39.8847, 116.3936
Riverside, Iowa
Captain James T. Kirk Future Birthplace
A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.
41.4801, -91.5802
Beijing, China
Bai Gong Fang (100 Handicraftsmen Workshop)
A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.
39.8843, 116.4386
Beijing, China
Working People's Cultural Palace
This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.
39.9137, 116.3982
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