Locals believe the purity of this huge, untouched Arctic lake could be the salvation of human civilization.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.

A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A large open-air Socialist Realist mosaic, considered the largest in Serbia.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

This gravestone tells the tragic tale of its occupant's death.

Once the site of medieval pilgrimage for its healing powers, this well was lost and later rediscovered.

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.

A long and winding trail through an ancient forest of imaginative sculptures hidden behind a garden center.

The last remains of a long-demolished estate.

A curiously placed cannon along a roundabout in Freetown marks the boundary of the old city.

This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.

Built in the early 70s, the ruins of dinosaurs are all that remains of a man’s dream to build a free dinosaur themed mini golf course

Eat green onion ice cream and other allium-centric treats at this unusual museum.