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Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

Hidden high on a remote mountain peak is a humbling and mysterious Vietnam War memorial.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.