The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

The world’s most primitive form of bungee jumping.

Nestled in the jungles of Vanuatu are the remains of what was once a cannibal oven.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

This Belgian theme park began as a refuge for bored church children and was closed down when a boy lost an arm.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.