Capbreton, France
Capbreton Blockhouses
Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.
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Capbreton, France
Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.
Old Station, California
Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Unyun pruwinsya, Peru
With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France
The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.
Moscow, Russia
An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.
Thessaloniki, Greece
Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.
Thessaloniki, Greece
These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.
Russia
Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.
Green River, Utah
This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.
Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.
Washington, D.C.
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.
Tariat, Mongolia
A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.
Battsengel, Mongolia
People have been scribbling on this massive chunk of granite for more than 1,500 years.
Eastham, Massachusetts
The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.
Bezidu Nou, Romania
This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Lupșa, Romania
Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.
Alaior, Spain
This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.
Leiden, Netherlands
Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.
Wilmington, England
This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.
Cherhill, England
The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.