Pembrey, Wales
Former RAF Pembrey Airfield
This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.
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Pembrey, Wales
This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Aboyne, Scotland
A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.
Dunbar, Scotland
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Slavutych, Ukraine
The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.
Kars, Turkey
Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.
Tunisia
An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.
New Jersey, Trinidad and Tobago
This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.
Bangkok, Thailand
Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.
Kanchanaburi, Thailand
This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.
Sa Khu, Thailand
A forsaken beachfront condo abandoned after the Boxing Day Tsunami.
Balshoon, Syria
A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.
Gadmen, Switzerland
This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.
Årjäng SV, Sweden
This Swedish automobile graveyard is a beautiful gallery of decay, but woe be to any who would steal a souvenir.
Brännaberget, Sweden
This abandoned Swedish folkpark offers an amazing view over the town of Överkalix.
Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka
A massive fallen water tank bombed by the Tamil Tigers in the final stages of the long Sri Lankan Civil War.
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
These abandoned ruins in the middle of Jaffna have withstood centuries of tumultuous power struggles.
Seville, Spain
An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.