Isla del Carmen, Mexico
Abandoned Salt Mine
This rural island is home to the ghost town of what used to be the world’s biggest salt mine.
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Isla del Carmen, Mexico
This rural island is home to the ghost town of what used to be the world’s biggest salt mine.
Bangkok, Thailand
Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.
Bangkok, Thailand
Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.
Valladolid, Mexico
Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.
Uayma, Mexico
This one-of-a-kind convent boasts a kaleidoscopic exterior of stars and double-headed eagles.
Tokyo, Japan
Rice balls symbolize fate and relationship at this adorable shrine, which was once dedicated to the Buddhist Devil.
Forks, Washington
A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
Havana, Cuba
Cuba's historical trains remind natives of their country's sugary sweet past.
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Metz, France
A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.
Lanleff, France
The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.
Paimpol, France
Ride the rails on a train harkening back to a 19th-century marvel.
Tréguennec, France
The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.
Huelgoat, France
If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.
Idrija, Slovenia
This was the second largest mercury mine in the world and one of the oldest preserved mine complexes in Europe.
Trieste, Italy
During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.
Istanbul, Turkey
The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.
Istanbul, Turkey
An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.
Istanbul, Turkey
1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.
Istanbul, Turkey
The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.
San Antonio, Mexico
Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.