Murdo, South Dakota
Okaton Ghost Town
The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.
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Murdo, South Dakota
The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.
Earlimart, California
A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.
Malinska, Croatia
This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.
Portland, Oregon
Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.
Farmington, Connecticut
An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.
Catskill, New York
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Llithfaen, Wales
An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.
Almaly, Kazakhstan
An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Pietranera, Italy
The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.
Vienna, Austria
Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.
Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
The temple that withstood the Nazis.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Binz, Germany
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Comrie, Scotland
Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.
Krakow, Poland
The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.
Alaska
The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.
Faroe Islands
The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.