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This Belgian palace was long the domain of priests and aristocrats but is now being turned into an art commune.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

Discovered after draining a local pond, these ancient man-made caves are still a complete mystery.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.