Ruins, relics & eerie places worth the detour
There are 14,489 ruins, relics & eerie places on Detourmap, spread over 172 countries — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The most famous is Titanic; United Kingdom has the deepest bench (1,745). The 96 best known are below.
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1.Titanic
Ruins & the uncanny · Iconic
British transatlantic passenger liner, launched and foundered in 1912
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2.Colosseum
Ruins & the uncanny · 1st century · Iconic
Ancient Roman amphitheatre, a landmark of Rome, Italy
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4.Parthenon
Ruins & the uncanny · 5th century BC · Iconic
Former temple of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece
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5.Stonehenge
Ruins & the uncanny · 30th century BC · Iconic
Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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6.Great Pyramid of Giza
Ruins & the uncanny · 26th century BC · Iconic
Oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world
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7.Pompeii
Ruins & the uncanny · 6th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Roman city near modern Naples, Italy
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8.Troy
Ruins & the uncanny · 30th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Homeric-era city in northwest Asia Minor; it is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan war
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14.Persepolis
Ruins & the uncanny · 6th century BC · Iconic
Ancient city in Marvdasht County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
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18.Acropolis of Athens
Ruins & the uncanny · 5th century BC · Iconic
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
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20.Temple of Ephesian Artemis
Ruins & the uncanny · 4th century BC · Iconic
Temple in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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21.Abu Simbel
Ruins & the uncanny · 13th century BC · Iconic
UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt
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25.Olympia
Ruins & the uncanny · Iconic
Town on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, site of the ancient Olympic Games
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26.Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Ruins & the uncanny · 4th century BC · Iconic
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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28.Terracotta Army
Ruins & the uncanny · 3rd century BC · Iconic
Collection of ancient Chinese military statues
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31.Egyptian pyramids
Ruins & the uncanny · Iconic
Ancient masonry structures constructed by ancient Egyptians
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33.The Great Sphinx
Ruins & the uncanny · 26th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Egyptian monumental sculpture
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35.Byblos
Ruins & the uncanny · 80th century BC · Iconic
Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, a main Canaanite-Phoenician city
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37.Hadrian's Wall
Ruins & the uncanny · 2nd century · Iconic
Defensive fortification in Roman Britain
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38.Susa
Ruins & the uncanny · 44th century BC · Iconic
Ancient city in Iran, World Heritage site in Iran
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40.Byzantium
Ruins & the uncanny · 7th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Greek city, precursor of Constantinople
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41.Göbekli Tepe
Ruins & the uncanny · 100th century BC · Iconic
Neolithic archaeological site in Turkey
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50.Ctesiphon
Ruins & the uncanny · 2nd century BC · Iconic
Capital of the Iranian empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras in present Iraq
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52.Cyrene
Ruins & the uncanny · 7th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Greek and Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya
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53.Great Zimbabwe
Ruins & the uncanny · Iconic
Ruined city in the south-eastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo, was once the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the cou…
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54.Pergamon
Ruins & the uncanny · 8th century BC · Iconic
Ancient city of Ionia in modern-day Turkey and UNESCO World Heritage Site
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55.Miletus
Ruins & the uncanny · 11th century BC · Iconic
Ancient city of Ionia, in modern-day Turkey
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57.Roman Forum
Ruins & the uncanny · 8th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Roman center of the city, a landmark of Rome, Italy
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58.Knossos
Ruins & the uncanny · 70th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Minoan through Roman administrative center and city
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60.Taxila
Ruins & the uncanny · Renowned
Archaeological site of the ancient Indian subcontinent, at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan
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61.Nalanda Mahavihara
Ruins & the uncanny · Renowned
Ancient Hindu-Buddhist monastery in present-day Bihar, India
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62.Çatalhöyük
Ruins & the uncanny · 75th century BC · Renowned
Archaeological site in Konya Province, Turkey
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65.Plymouth
Ruins & the uncanny · Renowned
De jure capital of Montserrat, West Indies, now a ghost town
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68.Tassili n'Ajjer
Ruins & the uncanny · Renowned
Sandstone massif in Algeria’s central Sahara Desert
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69.Hampi
Ruins & the uncanny · Renowned
Ancient and medieval monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India
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70.Nazca Lines
Ruins & the uncanny · 2nd century BC · Renowned
Large geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in Peru
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72.Platonic Academy
Ruins & the uncanny · 4th century BC · Renowned
Ancient philosophical, research and educative center, founded by Plato in Athens
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73.Capernaum
Ruins & the uncanny · 2nd century BC · Renowned
Village at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus
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75.Pasargadae
Ruins & the uncanny · Renowned
Ancient city and archaeological site in Fars Province, Iranian national heritage site
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78.Karnak Temple Complex
Ruins & the uncanny · 19th century BC · Renowned
Ancient Egyptian temple complex
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83.Abu Mena
Ruins & the uncanny · Renowned
Town, monastery complex and Christian pilgrimage center in Late Antique Egypt. WHS#90
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88.Mesa Verde National Park
Ruins & the uncanny · 20th century · Renowned
U.S. national park in Colorado
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91.Sardis
Ruins & the uncanny · Renowned
Ancient city in Anatolia, today an archaeological site at Sart, Turkey
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94.Ani
Ruins & the uncanny · Renowned
Ruined medieval Armenian city in Kars, Turkey, and UNESCO World Heritage Site
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95.Pont du Gard
Ruins & the uncanny · 1st century · Renowned
Ancient Roman aqueduct bridge that crosses the Gardon River in Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
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96.Fallingwater
Ruins & the uncanny · 20th century · Renowned
House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania
Ruins, relics & eerie places by country
Every country with at least one. Those with eight or more have their own page.
- United Kingdom1,745
- United States1,533
- Italy1,169
- France1,009
- Spain925
- Greece579
- Japan505
- Germany470
- Czech Republic455
- Turkey432
- Egypt283
- Israel232
- Russia224
- Portugal210
- Sweden196
- Ukraine167
- Mexico160
- Peru150
- China148
- Canada145
- Ireland136
- Belgium116
- Australia113
- Netherlands111
- Poland106
- India105
- Denmark98
- Syria98
- Norway82
- North Macedonia80
- Switzerland80
- Thailand75
- Iran71
- Tunisia70
- Iraq68
- Romania62
- Bulgaria59
- Cambodia58
- Finland55
- Algeria50
- Guatemala50
- Jordan49
- Pakistan46
- Lithuania45
- Hungary42
- Palestine38
- Indonesia37
- Austria35
- South Korea35
- Bangladesh32
- Serbia32
- Azerbaijan31
- Chile31
- Latvia30
- Kazakhstan29
- Kosovo28
- Libya28
- Bosnia and Herzegovina27
- Lebanon27
- New Zealand27
- Sudan27
- Brazil26
- Croatia26
- South Africa26
- Georgia25
- Malta25
- Morocco25
- Slovakia24
- Armenia23
- Afghanistan22
- Cyprus22
- Uzbekistan22
- Albania20
- Slovenia19
- Vietnam18
- Argentina17
- Bolivia17
- Greenland16
- Belarus15
- United Arab Emirates15
- Estonia14
- Namibia14
- Niger14
- Saudi Arabia14
- Taiwan14
- Colombia13
- Philippines12
- Luxembourg11
- Belize10
- Jersey10
- Faroe Islands9
- Kenya9
- Malaysia9
- Democratic Republic of the Congo8
- Kyrgyzstan8
- Turkmenistan8
- Ethiopia7
- Mongolia7
- Myanmar7
- Oman7
- Cuba6
- Ecuador6
- Nigeria6
- Sri Lanka6
- Tajikistan6
- Tanzania6
- Yemen6
- El Salvador5
- Guernsey5
- Mali5
- Moldova5
- Qatar5
- Somalia5
- Uruguay5
- Bahrain4
- British Virgin Islands4
- Iceland4
- Isle of Man4
- Nepal4
- Papua New Guinea4
- Venezuela4
- Zimbabwe4
- Angola3
- Botswana3
- Dominican Republic3
- Federated States of Micronesia3
- Ghana3
- Jamaica3
- Laos3
- Madagascar3
- Northern Cyprus3
- Zambia3
- Abkhazia2
- Burkina Faso2
- Costa Rica2
- Eswatini2
- Honduras2
- Mauritania2
- Montenegro2
- Palau2
- Panama2
- Paraguay2
- Samoa2
- Somaliland2
- Suriname2
- Andorra1
- Antigua and Barbuda1
- Aruba1
- Barbados1
- Benin1
- Cameroon1
- Crimea1
- Equatorial Guinea1
- Eritrea1
- Gabon1
- Golan Heights1
- Grenada1
- Guinea1
- Lesotho1
- Malawi1
- Montserrat1
- Mozambique1
- Nicaragua1
- North Korea1
- Pitcairn Islands1
- Senegal1
- Togo1
- Tonga1
- Turks and Caicos Islands1
- Uganda1
- Vatican City1
- Western Sahara1