Željava, Croatia
Zeljava Airbase
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.
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Željava, Croatia
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
Palos Verdes Estates, California
Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.
Los Lunas, New Mexico
On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.
Ouarzazate, Morocco
World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Moscow, Russia
World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Heidelberg, Germany
This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.
Örencik, Turkey
This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.
Trona, California
One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.
Chaudfontaine, Belgium
Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Apollo Beach, Florida
Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Burlington, Vermont
This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Junction City, Kansas
A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.