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The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

This remote Himalayan temple is in danger of being completely washed away by a melting glacier.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.