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Katong Antique House

Singapore

Katong Antique House

This jam-packed Singapore antique museum preserves the fading remnants of a uniquely mixed culture.

German Girl Shrine

Singapore

German Girl Shrine

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

Slide at Changi Airport.

Singapore

Changi Airport Slides

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

Steinert Hall

Boston, Massachusetts

Steinert Hall

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

Here is one of the solitary confinement rooms. NOTE: the entire second floor has been burned down since these photos were taken. Little of this area remains.
Permanently Closed

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Prison Farm

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

Front entrance of the Gibraltar Mansion.

Wilmington, Delaware

Marian Coffin Garden

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Crystal Palace Subway.

London, England

Crystal Palace Subway

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

Covent Garden labyrinth.

London, England

London Underground Labyrinths

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

London logo with Mexico City train.

Mexico City, Mexico

Metro Auditorio

This Mexico City subway station will make you feel like you've been transported to the London Underground.

Bellite Factory Ruins.

Cornaa, Isle of Man

Bellite Factory Ruins

The ruins of an unfinished explosives factory can be found while taking a gentle stroll through a Manx glen.

The Brickyard's chimney.

Chilmark, Massachusetts

The Brickyard

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

Swinburne Island.

Staten Island, New York

Swinburne Island

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

RAF Stenigot
Permanently Closed

Louth, England

RAF Stenigot

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

The seals at Donna Nook.

Donna Nook, England

Gray Seals of Donna Nook

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.

The Grande Hotel in 1955

Beira, Mozambique

Grande Hotel of Beira

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.

Macuti Lighthouse and Shipwreck

Beira, Mozambique

Macuti Lighthouse and Shipwreck

This rusted shipwreck directly in front of a century-old abandoned lighthouse looks almost surreal.

The wreckage.

Edgartown, Massachusetts

Mysterious Chappaquiddick Shipwreck

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

The moat.

Blidworth, England

Fountain Dale

This muddy wooded valley and the ancient structures it hides are said to be the favored haunt of the legendary Friar Tuck.

View of the ruins from Ani Overlook.

Kharkov, Armenia

Ani Overlook

The observation point offers spectacular views of the ruins of an ancient Armenian capital.

Fort of San José el Alto

Campeche, Mexico

Fort of San José el Alto

Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.

Nikumaroro Island

Kiribati

Nikumaroro Island

Amelia Earhart's possible place of death.

Earhart Light

Howland Island

Earhart Light

The ruins of a lighthouse on the island Amelia Earhart never reached.

Owia Salt Pond, seen from the main road around the island of St. Vincent. (Russell Fielding/Atlas Obscura)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Owia Salt Pond

A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.

Krýsuvíkurbjarg.

Iceland

Krýsuvíkurbjarg (Krýsuvík Cliffs)

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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