In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

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

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

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

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.