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A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.