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Women's Federation Monument

Closter, New Jersey

Women's Federation Monument

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

Van Cortlandt Park Monoliths

Bronx, New York

Van Cortlandt Park Monoliths

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

View from Bottom - Cliff Dale Manor

Alpine, New Jersey

Cliff Dale Manor Ruins

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

The St. Elizabeths center building on August 2006.

Washington, D.C.

St. Elizabeths Hospital

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

Graffiti Pier.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Graffiti Pier (Pier 18)

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Main entrance to the cemetery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mount Moriah Cemetery

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

La Berta.

Florence, Italy

La Berta

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The dagger.

Florence, Italy

Dante's Dagger

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

The Relic of St. Antoninus

Florence, Italy

The Relic of St. Antoninus

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

The Museum of Pathological Anatomy of the University of Florence

Florence, Italy

University of Florence Museum of Pathological Anatomy

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

Buontalenti Grotto. (61736507/Flickr)

Florence, Italy

Buontalenti Grotta

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

L’importuno di Michelangelo

Florence, Italy

L’importuno di Michelangelo

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

La Specola.

Florence, Italy

La Specola Anatomical Collection

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Galileo's Middle Finger

Florence, Italy

Galileo's Middle Finger

The middle finger of modernity.

Apothecary jars in main room

Florence, Italy

Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Nathaniel Bacon’s Castle.

Surry, Virginia

Bacon’s Castle

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

The restored tunnel entrance.

Petersburg, Virginia

The Crater

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The Octagon House

Marion, Virginia

The Octagon House

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Miniature Graceland

Roanoke, Virginia

Miniature Graceland

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

Ruins of Rosewell Plantation

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia

The Rosewell Plantation Ruins

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Spreepark
Permanently Closed

Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Altos de Chavon

La Romana, Dominican Republic

Altos de Chavon

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.

Rock formations inside Cueva de las Maravillas

La Caña, Dominican Republic

Cueva de las Maravillas (Cave of Wonders)

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

Doumar's Barbecue, famous for its ice cream

Norfolk, Virginia

Doumar's Barbecue

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

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