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The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

This portrait of Philip V is always hung upside down, in a protest three centuries in the making.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

A graveyard of old and rare planes that once were the glory of Persian aviation.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

An aviation relic that made coast-to-coast travel possible.

This rusted shipwreck directly in front of a century-old abandoned lighthouse looks almost surreal.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This magnificent 18th-century hall consists of a maze of nearly a thousand interconnected passages.

In the Valley of Morelos lies a mysterious Olmec site with signs of jaguar veneration.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.

The elegant manor house where Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile after World War I.

Ancient images hide within the park's caves.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.