Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

Now in ruins, this castle stood for centuries and saw a number of gruesome events.

Once a training ground for Olympic athletes, this artificial ski slope has fallen into ruin after a fire in 2012.

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

An abandoned Yorkshire castle that is hidden in plain sight.

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

This rusting artillery is a relic of Vichy France's influence in West Africa.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

On the cliffs of São Jorge in the Azores stand the remains of a lighthouse that was struck by a series of earthquakes.

As of 2022, the 124 rooms of Kosovo ski resort remain empty.

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.

In 1962, the ocean severed this peninsula—and the village that sat on it—from the Angolan mainland.

The remains of a military communications outpost still stand on this Greek island.

The crumbling remains of a 19th-century textile factory.

An abandoned 6th-century monastery features a medieval map of the known world.

This abandoned hospital has a long history, having housed both German and Soviet soldiers in the course of its life.

An abandoned football stadium with a tragic past.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.