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The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

The ruins of an ancient pyramid built by the mysterious Chupícuaro civilization.

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

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

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

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.