Austin, Texas
Yippee Ki Yay Stickwork Sculptures
An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.
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Austin, Texas
An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.
Stokke, Norway
Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.
Mission Viejo, California
This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.
Hallsands, England
The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.
Vintondale, Pennsylvania
The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.
Boulder, Montana
This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.
Film City, Qatar
A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.
Boonton Township, New Jersey
This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.
Morristown, New Jersey
A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.
Noli, Italy
The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.
Zinnowitz, Germany
An elevator into the Baltic Sea.
Kupari, Croatia
The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.
Binz, Germany
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.
New Taipei City, Taiwan
A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.
Bodo, Norway
According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.
Sant Just Desvern, Spain
A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.
Stockholm, Sweden
A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Inari, Finland
A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.
Pello, Finland
A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.