The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

An urban laboratory.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.