The decaying remains of a 1960s mechanical wonderland that never officially closed.

Dubbed "Wistom" by locals, this abandoned factory is an urban explorer's dream.

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.

This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.