Disasters

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.