Calipatria, California
Slab City
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
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Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Neversink, New York
The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.
Liberty, New York
This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.
Chedglow, England
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Mexico City, Mexico
Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Loveland, Ohio
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Waimes, Belgium
The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.
Saint-Étienne, France
An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.
West Rand, South Africa
Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.
Mogale, South Africa
Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.
Nairobi, Kenya
Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.
Sun City, South Africa
A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.
Waiau, New Zealand
Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.
Promised Land, Australia
A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.
Ottery Saint Mary, England
Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.
Trethevy, England
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
Tintagel, England
Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Juodkrantė, Lithuania
Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.
Neringos savivaldybė, Lithuania
A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.