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Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

17th century palace once a meeting place for politicians.

A chemical factory damaged by two earthquakes and an explosion that became abandoned after bankruptcy.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

The overgrown ruins of this once majestic castle sit forlornly in the Scottish countryside.

A series of mysterious metal artwork adorn this harbor walkway.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

This brilliant display of whirling fireballs celebrates Hogmanay.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

This effigy was crafted to annoy a neighbor after a civil dispute over a foul smell.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

The final resting place of a baseball legend who was better known for his behavior off the field.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

This remote mountain shrine is one of the most sacred Zoroastrian temples remaining in the world.

One of the holiest Shi'i shrines in Iran honors the life and death of a learned noblewoman who became a saint.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.

Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.