A wooden prison doesn't sound like a good idea, yet this abandoned 1950s detention center still stands today.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

This maximum-security prison was abandoned to make way for a national park.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

The remains of a 19th-century school and living quarters are perched atop a mountain surrounded by a thick tropical forest.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

An obelisk marks the spot where a British explorer's heart was buried before the rest of his body was transported to England.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.