Estella, Spain
Park of the Sleepless (El Parque de los Desvelados)
A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.
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Estella, Spain
A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Barú, Colombia
Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.
Villavieja, Colombia
Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.
Puerto Triunfo, Colombia
Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.
Barranquilla, Colombia
A narrow ghost town built onto a peninsula behind a Colombian Slum.
Villa de Leyva, Colombia
A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.
Covehithe, England
A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.
Hampi, India
The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.
Durham, England
An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Munich, Germany
Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.
Garching bei München, Germany
Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.
Brihuega, Spain
This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.
Brussels, Belgium
The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.
Jodhpur, India
Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.
Valletta, Malta
A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.
Moscow, Russia
It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.
Noasca, Italy
This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.
Dolomites, Italy
A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.
Erto e Casso, Italy
When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.
Cuba
Former WWI oil tanker played a variety of roles in history, its tantalizing rum-flavored scent being the only constant.
Havana, Cuba
Cuba's historical trains remind natives of their country's sugary sweet past.
Havana, Cuba
A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.