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Washington, D.C.

Site of the Knickerbocker Disaster

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

A shot of Fukushima from 2011.

Found: Melted Uranium Rods, Lost at Fukushima

Six years after the disaster, Tepco may have found its lost nuclear debris.

Sarah Laskow January 31, 2017

Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

The Hidden Signs of Kobe's Post-Earthquake Resurrection

Rebuilt after a devastating earthquake, this Japanese city was given tools to survive the next one.

Sarah Laskow October 13, 2016

Lazzaretto Nuovo

Lazzaretto Nuovo

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Human Skeletons in Skeleton Lake in Roopkund

Skeletons of Roopkund Lake

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Watch a Mysterious Video of a Truck Driving Through an Interstate Flood

At one point, another truck flies by.

Erik Shilling September 9, 2016

The 'Cajun Navy' That's Helping Residents in Flooded Louisiana

They are armed with duck hunting boats.

Erik Shilling August 15, 2016

Prypiat, Ukraine

Abandoned City of Prypiat

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Port Royal, Jamaica

Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Montreal, Québec

Biosphere of Montreal

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Radar antennas at Chernobyl.

The Top Secret Military Base Hidden in Chernobyl's Irradiated Forest

The mysterious Cold War base is now an eerie, crumbling ruin.

Luke Spencer April 25, 2016

The lake is 90 degrees and acid and would kill any swimmer

Banyuputih, Indonesia

Kawah Ijen

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

Near Lake Arrowhead, California

SkyPark at Santa's Village

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Parking lot 1/4 of a mile away from the explosion

Texas City, Texas

Texas City Memorial

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

100 Wonders: The Dyatlov Incident

Dylan Thuras October 8, 2015

Trinity

These Atomic Tourists Have Visited 160 Forgotten Nuclear Sites Across the U.S.

Jeni Hackett October 6, 2015

Plans to use five thermonuclear explosions to create an artificial harbor at Cape Thompson, Alaska, for Project Chariot in 1958.

Actual 1950s Proposal: Nuke Alaska

Jeni Hackett September 29, 2015