Mosta, Malta
Ta’ Bistra Catacombs
These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.
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Mosta, Malta
These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.
Rabat, Malta
The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.
Iż-Żejtun, Malta
A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.
Victoria, Malta
This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.
Mdina, Malta
The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Paola, Malta
This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.
Qrendi, Malta
This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Moldova
This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.
Soroca, Moldova
Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.
Chisinau, Moldova
There is a mouldering Jewish cemetery hidden away in the capital of Moldova.
Milestii Mici, Moldova
The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.
Bender, Moldova
A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.
Chisinau, Moldova
This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.
Tiraspol, Moldova
A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Oyndarfjørður, Faroe Islands
Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea.
Bordoy, Faroe Islands
Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.
Faroe Islands
The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.
Kunoy, Faroe Islands
The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands
This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.
Gasadalur Village, Faroe Islands
This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .
Narva, Estonia
An abandoned textile factory on the "island of crows" was home to Estonia's first workers' strike.