Meyrueis, France
Mont Aigoual Weather Station
France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.
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Meyrueis, France
France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, France
A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.
Avioth, France
A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.
Paris, France
Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.
Aigues-Mortes, France
This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
Tonnerre, France
This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.
Jumièges, France
Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.
Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
Roubaix, France
Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.
Leffrinckoucke, France
These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.
Krong Kaeb, Cambodia
An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.
Krong Kaeb, Cambodia
A palace destined to never house a king.
Kampot Province, Cambodia
A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.
Nouadhibou, Mauritania
The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.
Chicago, Illinois
Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.
Sana'a, Yemen
Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Lusarat, Armenia
The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.
Georgia
Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.
Georgia
A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.
Karabağ Köyü, Turkey
This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.
Ocaklı Köyü, Turkey
Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.