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A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

The worst flood disaster in Welsh history might have been a lot worse if it had not happened on movie night.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

Remnants of the United States's largest accidental oil spill still mar a California valley.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.

An abandoned company town and cement factory outside of Bogotá, now haunted by ghosts and scofflaws.