A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

This ruined temple's giant Buddha statue bears the scars of the Second Indochina War.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

This colossal reptile celebrates the history of the now-defunct Canadian Turtle Derby.