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Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'