Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.