Milly-la-Forêt, France
Le Cyclop
Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.
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Milly-la-Forêt, France
Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.
Achères-la-Forêt, France
A village of art and exotic creations.
Noisy-sur-École, France
An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.
Wasserauen, Switzerland
This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.
Alexandria Bay, New York
A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.
Wellesley Island, New York
This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
Prague, Czechia
Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.
Royal National Park, Australia
A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Rokers Point Settlement, Bahamas
One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.
Bahamas
A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.
Sant Just Desvern, Spain
An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.
Carrara, Italy
Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.
Santa Marta, Colombia
An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
Bremen, Germany
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Peenemünde, Germany
The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Calcata Vecchia, Italy
Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.
Marmore, Italy
Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.
Sana'a, Yemen
Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.