Çanakkale, Turkey
Troy
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Sapporo, Japan
An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”
Mineral Wells, Texas
Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.
Montauk, New York
A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.
Rugby, North Dakota
A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.
Yerevan, Armenia
This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.
Sevan, Armenia
This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.
Shaki, Armenia
After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.
Joliet, Illinois
A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.
Medellín, Colombia
Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.
Niš, Serbia
A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Seoul, South Korea
Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Ocaklı Köyü, Turkey
An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.
Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Byron, California
A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.
Berlin, Germany
Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
Berlin, Germany
Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.
Khndzoresk, Armenia
Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.