Edinburgh, Scotland
Old Calton Cemetery
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Garenin, Scotland
Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Haslingden, England
At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.
Holywell, Wales
Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.
Holywell, Wales
The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.
Manchester, England
A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.
Ovid, New York
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
Oakland, New Jersey
The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.
Kabul, Afghanistan
The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Papasidero, Italy
A mountain cave is the site of archaeological findings and Paleolithic rock art.
Mexico City, Mexico
This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.
Lancashire, England
This antique shop and tea room reside inside a twice defunct church that was moved stone by stone to its current location.
Lytham, England
Once upon a time these giant concrete tanks were used by local fishermen to clean their wild-caught mussels.
Prestwich, England
This grand Georgian manor house was converted to serve as an isolation hospital before it was abandoned and destroyed.
Derby, England
6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.
Buxton, England
These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.
Biddulph, England
This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.