Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Tel Aviv Central Bus Station
The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.
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Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Blantyre, Scotland
These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Rotherham, England
This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.
Hathersage, England
A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.
Spalding, England
"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.
Dunedin, New Zealand
Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Sausalito, California
A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.
Frederiksberg, Denmark
A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.
Barcelona, Spain
An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.
Kolomyya, Ukraine
Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.
Rome, Italy
This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Dion, Greece
This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.
Tattershall, England
The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.
Winchester, England
A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.
Camelford, England
A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.