Prypiat, Ukraine
Abandoned Avanhard Stadium of Prypiat
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
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Prypiat, Ukraine
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
New York, New York
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
Austin, Texas
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.
Washington, D.C.
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
Garching bei München, Germany
Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.
Kolomyya, Ukraine
Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.
Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador
An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.
Sheffield, England
An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.
Winterhaven, California
Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.
Patan, India
This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.
Alpine, New Jersey
Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.
Bethel, Maine
Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
Coventry, England
One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.
Wilmington, Delaware
This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.
Wilmette, Illinois
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
Leiden, Netherlands
A former plague hospital turned medical museum.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Ely, England
A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.
Mount Dandenong, Australia
A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.
Estacada, Oregon
A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.