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Built in the 16th century, the tower is now in ruins.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

The ruins of a 17th-century lodge on a grand estate are being slowly restored to their former glory.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

The remains of a massive blast furnace in what was once one of the country's largest iron-producing regions.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

Hundreds of unusual wheel crosses poke above the earth in this small Estonian cemetery.

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

The rusting remnants of a flying boat lie scattered near the site of its fatal crash.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

Plans for this local observation tower were debated for so long, the allocated funds lost value and the design had to be changed.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.

This Danish castle is supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch.

Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.