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A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

The town of Argleton has a postal code and appears on maps and even real estate listings, yet it does not exist.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

One of the largest collections of Catalan literature and cultural materials outside of Spain, created by a community of 1960s expats.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

A strip of neutral ground where the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan come together to trade.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

Mine your own precious stones.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.