Denpasar, Indonesia
Taman Festival
A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.
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Denpasar, Indonesia
A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Ottawa, Ontario
Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.
Ottawa, Ontario
This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The place where World War I began.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.
Gnojnice, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.
Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Sibiu, Romania
Something's watching you.
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
Wicklow, Ireland
This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.
Dublin, Ireland
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.