Herning, Denmark
Elia
This huge industrial sculpture looks like a UFO and a factory had a baby.
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Herning, Denmark
This huge industrial sculpture looks like a UFO and a factory had a baby.
Ronnede, Denmark
A spiralling hourglass-shaped tower rises from the forests in Denmark.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Prague, Czechia
An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Hajmáskér, Hungary
One of the largest barracks of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy's military is now an abandoned ruin.
Esztergom, Hungary
An abandoned cable car station located on the Danube stands like a haunted house above the river.
Budapest, Hungary
Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.
Vác, Hungary
Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.
Budapest, Hungary
The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.
Budapest, Hungary
A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.
Miedzianka, Poland
This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.
Kłobuck County, Poland
The oldest wind turbine in Europe, constructed by a group of friends in 1932.
Katowice, Poland
While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.
Poznań, Poland
An abandoned football stadium with a tragic past.
Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Dubbed "Wistom" by locals, this abandoned factory is an urban explorer's dream.
Otwock, Poland
An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.
Łapalice, Poland
This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Leśniewo, Poland
Built to transport German U-boats through the never-completed Masurian Canal, the locks near this Polish village are now home to a rope course.
gołdapski, Poland
The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.