Ponza, Italy
Semaforo di Monte Guardia
This abandoned semaphore station hearkens back to the days of the optical telegraph.
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Ponza, Italy
This abandoned semaphore station hearkens back to the days of the optical telegraph.
Oslo, Norway
A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.
Southington, Connecticut
A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.
Fregene, Italy
This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.
Cerveteri, Italy
Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
Binasco, Italy
Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.
Milan, Italy
One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Taipei, Taiwan
Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Berriedale, Australia
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Brno, Czechia
A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Chicago, Illinois
This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Milan, Italy
A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.
Lusiana, Italy
Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.
Genga, Italy
This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.
Canale Monterano, Italy
The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.
Rome, Italy
Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.