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This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

Dedicated to a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was also a bird watcher and artist.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.