Vienna, Austria
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
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Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Leipzig, Germany
This small museum takes the business of clowning quite seriously.
Istanbul, Turkey
This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.
Istanbul, Turkey
The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.
Istanbul, Turkey
The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.
Istanbul, Turkey
Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.
Istanbul, Turkey
This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.
Istanbul, Turkey
The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.
Istanbul, Turkey
A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.
Istanbul, Turkey
The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.
New York, New York
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
Staten Island, New York
This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Brooklyn, New York
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
Poland
A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Zagreb, Croatia
This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.
Zagreb, Croatia
Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.