The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

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

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

This historic textile city was abandoned after being ravaged by fire.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

The remains of an entire Roman city can be explored in this interactive museum.

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.