An example of wartime upcycling, perhaps? This photograph courtesy of the US Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation shows the wreck of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in use as a decoy after it was shot down during the Pacific War.
In the forests of Magelang, Indonesia, looming high above the treeline, hikers may encounter a bizarre concrete chapel built in the shape of a chicken.
Tucked away in the valleys of Shikoku, the village of Nagoro is set amid a quietly beautiful part of Japan. But unfortunately, that beauty comes at a price.
For years, the 816 Nuclear Military Plant was one of China’s most closely guarded secrets. That all changed in 2002, when the underground nuclear base in Chongqing was declassified and opened to visitors.
The abandoned Hachijo Royal Hotel was once one of the largest and most popular resorts in Japan. It’s now a handsome spectre of a building for the tourists of today to marvel at, if not check into.
Born of heartbreak, sadness and, at times, concern for a relative’s place in the afterlife, the tradition of the ghost marriage dates back thousands of years, and it’s still happening in the 21st century.
According to Wired.com, the Umm Al Melh Border Guards Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia could have a purpose very different to its official role of patrolling the Yemeni border.
This photograph, showing what appears to be a crashed Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter from World War Two, has done the rounds of the internet over the past few years, including several subreddits.
As with its ruined aqueducts, the relics of ancient Roman dominance remain especially visible today in the region of sport and entertainment. These ancient amphitheatres may not be the Colosseum, but they’re just as impressive.
Lore Lindu National Park in Sulawesi covers an area of around 2,180 square kilometres. Hidden throughout its stunning forests are some 400 granite megaliths, the precise meaning of which remains a mystery to this day.
This photograph, by Royal Air Force Cpl Dave Blackburn, shows the empty fuselage of a Panavia Tornado GR4 strike jet being loaded into the cargo compartment of a massive C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft.
Roopkund Lake sits high up in the Himalayas of India, out in an area that’s mostly uninhabited. But in 1942, game reserve rangers stumbled across a terrifying discovery. When the lake’s ice melts, hundreds of human skeletons are revealed.
Those who are fascinated by abandoned aircraft and Cold War military relics, especially those that endure across the vast expanses of the former Soviet Union, may already be familiar with this atmospheric photograph by Eric Lusito.
Room 39, purportedly founded by Kim Il-sung sometime in the 1970s, is known officially as Central Committee Bureau 39 of the Korean Workers Party. It’s also thought to be the nerve centre of the secretive country’s vast crime syndicate.
Can you imagine living in a city built into the side of a sheer cliff overhanging the ocean? It sounds far-fetched – and perhaps it is – but this concept is certainly compelling.
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