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Wigwam Village No. 2. (Wikimedia Commons)
Cave City, Kentucky

Wigwam Village #2

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
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Bad Dürkheim, Germany

Bad Dürkheim Aerial Tramway

Ruins of an aerial tramway that ran for only eight years.
Hot Wells Hotel and Spa. (Creative Commons)
San Antonio, Texas

Hot Wells Hotel and Spa

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.
The Santuario Facade on Monte Pellegrino. (Creative Commons)
Palermo, Italy

Santuario di Santa Rosalia

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.
Pramarzo, Italy

Temple of Damanhur

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.
Pylon 9108. (Wikimedia Commons)
Fulda, Germany

Pylon 9108

Electricity pylon standing in the middle of a shelter.
Turnov, Czechia

Český Ráj (Bohemian Paradise)

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.
Aurora Picture Show.
Houston, Texas

Aurora Picture Show

Local arts organization founded in a former church.
Deutschlandsender III. (Wikimedia Commons)
Herzberg, Germany

Deutschlandsender III

Remains of a huge radio tower.
The unfinished TV Tower Berlin-Müggelberge. (Wikimedia Commons)
Berlin, Germany

Fernsehturm Müggelberge

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.
Gurun Electric Converter Temple.
Gurun, Malaysia

Gurun Electric Converter Temple

Temple-like building holds power equipment.
The street art of El Carmen, Valencia.
Valencia, Spain

El Carme Street Art

Vibrant street art created with mixed media.
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Walk towards the beautifully-shaped, hidden boutique retreat. (Ecopod)
Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Ecopod

Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.
Gildeskål, Norway

Noviken VLF Transmitter

Large military radio station without transmitting towers.
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Abandoned sugar silos in 2009. (Wikimedia Commons)
Santa Maria, California

Betteravia Sugar Plant

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.
Richmond Shipyards.
Richmond, California

Richmond Shipyards

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.
San Francisco Naval Shipyard. (chrisd2006/Flickr)
San Francisco, California

Hunter's Point Shipyard

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.
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Ventura Oil Refinery. (tunnelbug/Flickr)
Ventura, California

Ventura Oil Refinery

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.