Chesterfield, England
Stone Edge Cupola
This chimney is the oldest free standing industrial chimney in Britain.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Chesterfield, England
This chimney is the oldest free standing industrial chimney in Britain.
Birchover, England
This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.
Sierpnica, Poland
An extensive network of secret tunnels was created for the Nazi project "Riese."
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.
Walenstadt, Switzerland
A monument to peace, built by one man over the course of 25 years.
Wasserauen, Switzerland
This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.
Bitola, North Macedonia
These dilapidated planes are now a canvas for graffiti artists.
Kragujevac, Serbia
Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.
Pernik, Bulgaria
One of the largest mines in Bulgaria is now home to a vast museum more than 100 feet underground.
Gurgulyat, Bulgaria
While it would not look out of place among Serbian spomeniks, this massive Bulgarian monument commemorates one of their defeats.
Walbrzych, Poland
This mysterious and once-grand memorial still embodies a remarkable architectural vision.
Walbrzych, Poland
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Wrocław, Poland
This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.
Jabuka, Serbia
An abandoned monument remembering the "Pančevo Holocaust" now stands as a shadow of its former self.
Quito, Ecuador
An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is now a carceral museum.
Quito, Ecuador
Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.
Quito, Ecuador
The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.
Ecuador
This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.
Guapán, Ecuador
Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
Home of the "true" equator.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.
Milanovac, Serbia
Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.
Breznica, Serbia
This outcropping was once home to a medieval monastery destroyed during the Ottoman conquest.