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This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.

One of the largest and oldest caravansaries in Persia.

This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

The ruins of a medieval village that was abandoned after a 19th-century inferno.

Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

The rusted remains of a victim of Hurricane Ike.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.