Putim, Czechia
Putim Ossuary
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
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Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Vysoký Újezd, Czechia
This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.
Martorell, Spain
A gravity-defying "devil's bridge" that has a surprising architectural feature for its stability.
Villavieja, Colombia
Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.
Rochester, New York
The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Brno, Czechia
Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Malindi, Kenya
Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
The hottest place on the planet.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Pacifica, California
The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.
Pacifica, California
Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
Constanța, Romania
Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.
Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah, Egypt
Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.
Demre, Turkey
A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.