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Curitiba, Brazil

Curitiba Botanical Gardens

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.
Sweetwater, Tennessee

Lost Sea

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Bombay Beach, California

Bombay Beach

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Safranbolu, Turkey

Safranbolu, Turkey

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.
Hartlepool, England

Steetley Magnesite

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.
Victorville, California

George Air Force Base

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.
Miyakejima, Japan

Gas Mask Tourism on the Izu Islands

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.
Bandiagara, Mali

Bandiagara Escarpment Cliff Dwellings

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.
Aksaray, Turkey

Cappadocia

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Zurich, Switzerland

Moulagenmuseum

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
Paga, Ghana

Sacred Crocodile Ponds of Paga

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.
Manistique, Michigan

Kitch-iti-kipi

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.
Freycinet, Australia

Wineglass Bay

One of the best beaches in the entire world.
Buffalo, New York

Buffalo Central Terminal

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.
San Antonio, Texas

Hot Wells Hotel and Spa

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.
Santa Maria, California

Betteravia Sugar Plant

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.
Ventura, California

Ventura Oil Refinery

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.
Richmond, California

Richmond Shipyards

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.
Chatsworth, California

LA-88 Nike Missile Site

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.
Vieques, Puerto Rico

Mosquito Bay

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Vancouver, British Columbia

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Owia Salt Pond

A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.
Dakar, Senegal

Cap Manuel's Abandoned Bunker

This abandoned bunker looks out over the Atlantic from its clifftop perch.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.