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The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

The largest offshore wind farm in the world would be even bigger if it weren't for some pesky birds.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.

This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.