Sitting on a snow-covered mountain range in central Bulgaria, the saucer-shapedBuzludzha monument may seem like it's from another world. But the monument, also known as the House of the Bulgarian Communist Party, is merely from another era, a relic of Bulgaria's communist past. Completed in 1981, Buzludzha (literally "glacially/icy") was opened on the 1300th anniversary of the founding of Bulgaria. It took seven years and the equivalent of $10 million to build the shrine to socialism, according to the Daily...

Monument to the Revolution of the people of Moslavina in Podgaric, Croatia. (Benedetta Ristori) Despite not having any personal connections with Yugoslavia, freelance photographer Benedetta Ristori wanted to pay tribute to the former country’s forgotten past by capturing abandoned buildings like the Spomenik memorials through her own photographic lens. “The experience of being in front of these monuments, so big and powerful, but at the same time so isolated and sad, for me, was really touching and moving,” the 27-year-old...

Sculpted by the elements, balancing rocks are naturally occurring geological formations featuring large rocks or boulders resting on other rocks, bedrock or on glacial till. Many of them are precariously balanced, as if refusing to give in to gravity, making them some of the world's most mysterious natural wonders. Here, we look at amazing balancing rocks you have to see. (MORE: World's Strangest Natural Wonders) 1.Balanced Rock, Arches National Park, Utah One of the most popular features of Arches National...

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Earth Patterns - Images #1: This series of aerial images captures the natural patterns of the planet. (Timo Lieber) From the Bahamas to the Arctic to the city lights of London, German photographer Timo Lieber has traveled the world in search of interesting patterns for his aerial photography. “I find aerial photography spectacular, not only in the way it showcases our world from above, but also in how the resulting photographs demand the viewer’s attention,” Lieber told weather.com. “I like...

Crews clear out deep snow from Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. ...

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Photography Timothy Allen traveled to Mongolia to capture a Kazakh family migrate 90 miles across the Altai Mountains. (Timothy Allen/Barcroft Media) With temperatures well below freezing, 200 Kazakh families travel across the Altai mountains to greener pastures for the Spring. Photographer Timothy Allen followed the Shohan family to capture the 90-mile, five-day journey to Tavan Bogd National Park in Western Mongolia. Around 200 families make this trip, pushing along about a thousand animals of yaks, goats, camels and eagles—Kazakhs are...

Visitors standing on the "Baum und Zeit" ("Tree and Time") elevated platform look down at the ruins of the Beelitz-Heilstätten Sanatorium on May 16, 2016 in Beelitz, Germany. The elevated platform runs for 984 feet at a height of 75 feet above the grounds of the abandoned sanatorium and at one point crosses directly over one of its ruined buildings. The sanatorium, originally built in the early 20th century to treat tuberculosis patients, was a military hospital during World War...

A rendering of Gianluca Santosuosso's MORPHotel, a sprawling, floating ecosystem, composing of numerous capsules that spread across the ocean waves. Similar to how a cruise ship operates, the ambitious idea behind the luxurious floating hotel plan is to take guests to new and unknown places. (Caters News Agency) Its spine-like shape stretching across the ocean like a futuristic spaceship, the planned design for architect's Gianluca Santosuosso's MORPHotel may well be the cruise ship of the future. The ambitious design for...

Perhaps no American city symbolizes urban decay more than Detroit, Michigan. Modern day ruins of the Motor City are not difficult to find, as nature has reclaimed much of the city and neighboring areas. When their occupants left, the homes in the slideshow above became examples of what happens when weather and nature take over unattended homes. Using Google Maps time lapse function, it’s easy to see how much the Detroit suburbs have changed over just the last few years....

Can you spot the deer-like creature hiding in this image? (Piet Grobler/Caters News Agency) Photographer Piet Grobler was taking pictures in South Africa when he accidentally took the above perfectly-timed photo. In the middle of the image stands a klipspringer — a small species of African antelope — seemingly posing for the camera. "I didn’t actually manage to spot the klipspringer when I took the photo, it took my daughter Carmen to point it out in the photograph," Piet told...

Photographer Stefan Baumann travels around Europe to photograph beautiful, but crumbling locations that have been left to ruin to nature. (Stefan Baumann/ Media Drum World) Imagine a world overrun with plant life. This is the image that Viennese photographer Stefan Baumann envisions with his photographs. Baumann, 34, travels to countries like Italy, France, Germany and Belgium to capture uninhabited buildings that are left to nature’s elements. From vacant mansions to deserted theme parks, Baumann finds the artistic value in locations...