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An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

This century old flensing port is a remnant of a culture for whom whaling is still legal.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.