New York, New York
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
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New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Rangsdorf, Germany
The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Pniewo, Poland
What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Prague, Czechia
This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.
Olomouc, Czechia
An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.
Olomouc, Czechia
Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.
Pilsen, Czechia
Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.
Vilémovice, Czechia
The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”
Olomouc, Czechia
Crammed inside this grounded passenger plane is a bar that was once a Communist hang out and is now a ratty relic.
Pilsen, Czechia
Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.
Litomysl, Czechia
Unique house covered in a nightmarish mural of demons, ghosts and monsters.
Krásno, Czechia
A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.
Manětín, Czechia
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Znojmo, Czechia
This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.
Liberec, Czechia
This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Dolní Morava, Czechia
The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.
Turnov, Czechia
Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.
Želízy, Czechia
Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.