Besar Island, Malaysia
Babi Besar's Abandoned Resort
Island, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abandoned resort.
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Besar Island, Malaysia
Island, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abandoned resort.
Nassau, Bahamas
The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.
Montserrat
George Martin's Caribbean recording studio now rots within the shadow of an active volcano.
Fort-de-France, Martinique
On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.
Church View, Barbados
One of the last members of the Byzantine Empire's last ruling dynasty is buried in the far-off soil of Barbados.
Chamarel, Mauritius
This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.
Le Morne, Mauritius
This monument sits at the foot of a mountain from which legend says enslaved people jumped to their deaths.
Réunion
At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.
Victoria, Seychelles
One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.
Madagascar
This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.
Jiblah, Yemen
One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.
Bélmez de la Moraleda, Spain
Mysterious face-like images that appeared within an Andalusian house are surrounded by legends of the paranormal.
Trakai, Lithuania
Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.
Miami, Florida
Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.
Miami, Florida
This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Middlebury, Vermont
The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.
Mount Clemens, Michigan
A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Amid rushing rapids, this small bit of land is an important First Nations site on border between Canada and the United States.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Neskowin, Oregon
The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.