Garenin, Scotland
Gearrannan Blackhouse Village
Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
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Garenin, Scotland
Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
Hove, England
An unassuming churchyard is the resting place of a pioneering surveyor and reluctant namesake of a mountain.
Brooklyn, New York
An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.
Cori, Italy
Only three columns survive from this ancient temple in the town of Cori.
Otsuchi, Japan
A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Hearne, Texas
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Herndon, Virginia
A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
Heuvelland, Belgium
Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.
San Severino, Italy
This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Berlin, Germany
The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.
London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.