Barumini, Italy
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.
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Barumini, Italy
This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.
Berlin, Germany
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Tallinn, Estonia
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
Mandu, India
A centuries-old fortress city lies in ruin.
Moscow, Russia
Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.
Gnojnice, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.
Belgrade, Serbia
A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.
Belgrade, Serbia
A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Wallachia, Romania
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
Qasr al Hajj, Libya
A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.
Balgarevo, Bulgaria
The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.
Fatehpur Sikri, India
An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.
Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna
The final stronghold of a king whose feet never touched the ground.
Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.
Drabeši parish, Latvia
This wooden recreation of a 9th century lake village looks as though it was built yesterday (which it relatively was).
Golubac, Serbia
This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.
Luya, Peru
An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Reserve Jangal Masrur Joni-I, India
15 monolithic temples emulate an eroding sand castle.
Kupr, Sierra Leone
Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.
Jordan
A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.
Palestine
The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.