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An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

A unique collection of military history dating back to the American Revolution.

Housed inside a former munitions plant that was once one of the largest in the country.

In the courtyard of a popular museum stands a piece of artillery from 1859.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.

The retired vessel is South America's first floating museum.

One of the largest historical collections on Texas and the American West.

This remote museum highlights the island’s impressive creative legacy.

A rare instance of a historical Peshawari mansion restored and opened to the public.

An ancient mineral hot spring sits at the middle of this combination cultural center and spa.

A well-preserved, 19th-century Irish workhouse recounts a grim time in the country’s history.

Tampa’s most famous native royal comes alive in a duo of arresting bronze statues.

A Victorian synagogue-turned-museum chronicles centuries of Jewish life.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

These two 90-year-old statues were once part of a Japanese Shinto shrine.

Up on the iconic Tsutenkaku Tower sits an American mascot that became Osaka’s own lucky god.