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This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.