Guben, Germany
Plastinarium
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
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Guben, Germany
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
Rosscarbery, Ireland
One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Guatemala
Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.
Hobro, Denmark
A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.
Paris, France
135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Laois, Ireland
A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.
New Jersey, Trinidad and Tobago
This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Krakow, Poland
Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Stockholm, Sweden
A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Sauve, France
This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.
Nanjemoy, Maryland
The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.
Gaddani, Pakistan
The third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eerie shipping graveyard in southern Pakistan.
Muynak District, Uzbekistan
Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.
Guangzhou, China
A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.
Guangzhou, China
A replica of the Statue of Liberty watches over the tomb of 72 Chinese revolutionaries.
Huizhou, China
A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.
Dongguan, China
One of the world's largest malls has been almost completely empty since its opening.
Hong Kong
Venture into the hideout of one of Hong Kong's legendary pirates.