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This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

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

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

Hidden well off the beaten path in Catalonia is this crumbling medieval castle that is slowly being covered in graffiti.

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

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

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

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

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 Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

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

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.