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Hemel Hempstead, England

Magic Roundabout

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.

The cistern beneath the carpet store.

Istanbul, Turkey

Nakilbent Cistern

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

Telgárt, Slovakia

Chmarošský Viaduct

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge.

Kawazu Nanadaru Loop Bridge

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

Permanently Closed

Tustin, California

Tustin Blimp Hangar #2

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

Wings of Tatev cable car.

Wings of Tatev

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

Cape Town, South Africa

Foreshore Freeway Bridge

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

Arkadiko Bridge.

Arkadiko, Greece

Arkadiko Bridge

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

The riparian buffers flanking the Niger River in Timbuktu, Mali, appear in red.

Striking Satellite Images of Cities on the Brink

A fresh perspective on the fragility and resilience of our world.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 24, 2018

Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Smardale, England

Smardale Gill Viaduct

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

The School of Ballet, part of the National Arts Schools in Cuba.

Cuba's National Art Schools Are an Unfinished Masterpiece

The designs fell out of favor before construction was completed.

Sarah Laskow September 20, 2018

Walt Disney described his park on television in 1954. It was designed like many cities, with spokes emanating from a hub.

Creating Disneyland Was Like Building a Brand New City

Even Magic Kingdoms need urban planners.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 19, 2018

Cape Town's unfinished freeway bridge.

A Highway in Cape Town Has Been Left Half-Finished for 40 Years

The spans just stop, mid-air.

Sarah Laskow September 19, 2018

The Stevenson Road at its western terminus at Kituta Bay on Lake Tanganyika.

Stevenson Road

This little-known colonial road helped determine the Zambia-Tanzania border.

Tesla's wireless experimental station, Shoreham, Long Island, August 22, 1907.

Nikola Tesla Built a Giant Tower to Send Wireless Electricity Around the World

Ultimately, things didn't go as he had planned.

Sarah Laskow September 18, 2018

The unfinished nuclear power plant in Crimea.

The Nuclear Power Plant in Crimea That Chernobyl Stopped Dead

It has had a second life as a photogenic, atmospheric ruin.

Sarah Laskow September 17, 2018

Interior of reservoir.

Hadrian's Reservoir

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

The abandoned suspension bridge.

Falkland Islands

Bodie Creek Suspension Bridge

An abandoned suspension bridge on the Falkland Islands is crumbling into the water.