Epena, Republic of the Congo
Lake Tele
This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.
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Epena, Republic of the Congo
This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.
Tchirozérine, Niger
The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.
Niger
These ancient giraffes are the largest known animal petroglyphs in the world.
Agadez, Niger
The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.
Kano, Nigeria
Walk through history in a palace that has seen centuries of Muslim rulers.
Larabanga, Ghana
The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."
Poni, Burkina Faso
These mysterious 1,000-year-old walls have revealed little about their past.
Timbuktu, Mali
One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.
Atlantic Ocean
Fascination continues to surround one of history's most infamous shipwrecks.
North Atlantic Ocean
The only sea in the world that has no land boundary.
North Atlantic Ocean
The lesser-known cousin of the Great Pacific trash island.
Las Coloradas, Mexico
This small, yet notable, cable-stayed bridge was built to support tourism to a series of internet-famous pink lakes.
Mexico
A lake at the bottom of the ocean.
Columbia, Tennessee
The former home of the 11th president of the United States.
Wallace, Idaho
A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.
South Eleuthera, Bahamas
A paradise hotel turned from opulent to overgrown.
Štrpce, Kosovo
As of 2022, the 124 rooms of Kosovo ski resort remain empty.
Ellenville, New York
The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.
Niagara Falls, New York
One of “America’s Most Endangered Historic Places” is a building shaped like a giant turtle.
Marsaskala, Malta
So opulent and massive it was once dubbed a palace, this hotel's doors closed temporarily in 2007 and failed to reopen.
Ponce, Puerto Rico
The abandoned remains of this once-thriving hotel looms over the city, awaiting an uncertain future.
Ponce, Puerto Rico
These red and black houses were awarded to the firefighters who saved their city from an enormous blaze.
Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
This nearly abandoned "company town" is a ghost of Puerto Rico's once-lucrative sugar industry.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
On this Puerto Rican island, many abandoned naval ammunition bunkers sit open while a few have been padlocked by locals as personal storage.