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One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.