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Nanwei, Micronesia

Nan Madol Ruins

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Dunwich, England

The Lost Town of Dunwich

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.
England

Maunsell Army Sea Forts

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Nagasaki, Japan

Gunkanjima Island

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Lohmen, Germany

The Bastei

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Phoenix, Arizona

Mystery Castle

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.
Oracle, Arizona

Biosphere 2

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Sells, Arizona

McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.
Casa Grande, Arizona

The Domes

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
Hampi, India

Hampi

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Berlin, Germany

Schwerbelastungskörper

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
Mexico

Toniná

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.
Chichen Itza, Mexico

Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Stockholm, Sweden

Vasa Museum

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned City of Pripyat

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

Seattle Underground

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Mary King's Close

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany

Externsteine

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
San Francisco, California

Ruins of the Sutro Baths

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Weyburn Mental Hospital

This notorious Canadian mental institution was home to some of the first LSD experiments and origin of the word "psychedelic."
Peebles, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Collector, Australia

Dreamer's Gate

One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle.
Danvers, Massachusetts

Danvers State Hospital

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.