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The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

These abandoned waterworks are crumbling into the Potomac River.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.