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Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.