Derinkuyu, Turkey
Derinkuyu Underground City
The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.
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Derinkuyu, Turkey
The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.
Hajvali, Turkey
Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.
Kaymaklı Belediyesi, Turkey
While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Manazan, Turkey
Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Leuk, Switzerland
A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.
Botyre (Ayent), Switzerland
Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.
Abiansemal, Indonesia
One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.
Corsham, England
Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.
Swindon, England
This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.
Chedglow, England
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
Istra, Russia
A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.
Udachny, Russia
An unused hyberbolic electricity pylon kept as architectural monument.
Sudogda, Russia
Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Yehliu, Taiwan
This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.
New Taipei City, Taiwan
A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.
Pyongyang, North Korea
This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.
Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
Changzhou Shi, China
This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.
Billund, Denmark
The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.