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Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

The oldest-known example of a historic architectural style recognized by UNESCO.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

This 20th-century replica of a 13th-century castle has itself fallen into ruin.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.

Hidden beneath a restaurant, underground tunnels tell the story of Malta’s tragic role in World War II.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.