Mavrovo, North Macedonia
St Nicholas Church - Mavrovo
Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.
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Mavrovo, North Macedonia
Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.
Skopje, North Macedonia
This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.
Oteshevo, North Macedonia
It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.
North Macedonia
This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.
Krusevo, North Macedonia
Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.
Montenegro
Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.
Montenegro
A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.
Montenegro
A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.
Couvin, Belgium
This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.
Antwerpen, Belgium
A curious stone in a public square commemorates the victims of witch-burning.
Leuven, Belgium
Above the door of a house, a plaque claims to commemorate the future living place of the inventor of time travel.
Ypres, Belgium
In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.
Antwerp, Belgium
According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.
Ypres, Belgium
The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.
Brussels, Belgium
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
Nagoro, Japan
As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.
Tokyo, Japan
For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.
Iwakuni, Japan
One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.
Tokyo, Japan
Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.
Bordeaux, France
Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.
La Rochelle, France
No one knows the story behind the mysterious feline perched on this rooftop.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.