São Miguel, Portugal
Hotel Monte Palace
This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.
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São Miguel, Portugal
This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.
Byron, California
A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Selçuk, Turkey
The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.
Selçuk, Turkey
Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.
North Salem, New York
Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.
Sultaniye Köyü, Turkey
The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.
Brazil
An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Bangor, Pennsylvania
This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.
Jackson, Mississippi
Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.
Homosassa, Florida
In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.
Homosassa, Florida
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.