Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

The smallest country in the world.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.