Bolivia
Laguna Verde
This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.
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Bolivia
This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.
Progreso, Mexico
It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.
Morocco
An old airplane engine forms an unusual cairn atop this Moroccan peak.
Otwock, Poland
An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.
Krakow, Poland
At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.
Vaals, Netherlands
The tallest mountain in mainland Netherlands isn't actually very tall.
Fréjus, France
The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.
Alxa, China
Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.
Valga, Estonia
For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.
Tallinn, Estonia
This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
Land that belongs to no nation.
Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina
These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.
Krusevo, North Macedonia
Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.
Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.
Novo Selo Palanječko, Croatia
A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.
Älvsbyn V, Sweden
The concrete skeletons of an abandoned Swedish town hide among the trees.
Oban, Scotland
Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.
Marshall Islands
A war relic that has sat undisturbed since it crash-landed near Arno Atoll.
Södermalm, Sweden
It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Tozeur, Tunisia
The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.
Salaspils, Latvia
This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.
Harare, Zimbabwe
These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.