The church and nearby castle are all that remains of a medieval village, mysteriously abandoned.

An isolated "phantom bridge" doomed to crumble into ruin.

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.

The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.

This Gallo-Roman sanctuary is dedicated to Serápis, god of the underworld.

This camera store in Milan holds one of Europe’s largest collections of luxury-antique cameras.

An abandoned mining complex in Serra do Gerês.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This abandoned fortress still stands guard over the Guadiana River despite a history of warfare.

The walls of this small village have been turned into a living street art gallery.

Six paintings reminding you that death is integral part of everyday life.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

This enigmatic Roman tower lurks just outside Belmonte.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

A floating bridge leaning on barges allows pedestrians to reach the historical center.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

This mural condenses 96 miles of one of Scotland's best-known trails into a unique art display.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

The ancient sauropod tracks found in this former quarry are some of the largest in the world.

Japan's iconic sci-fi hero rendered to 8-bit by notorious French street artist Invader.