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A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

The effect of this ancient form of image projection situated atop an 11th century Moorish palace is thrilling.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

Despite being dead since the 1970s, this Canadian tree is kept upright and intact by adoring locals.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.