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This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

"Would you like your sangria in an IV bag, or straight-up?"

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

Singapore's last surviving traditional village is hidden among giant skyscrapers and modern infrastructure.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

This rare wildlife haven in Singapore feels like you're in the tropical rainforest.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.