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The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

A small brick parlor house and artist's studio located in the wilderness is surrounded by imposing suburban palaces.

Of the many Jesuit missions in South America, this complex is one of the best preserved.

This beautiful Romanesque church preserves stunning medieval frescoes and the excavations of a Roman market town.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

The ruins of a thousand-year-old hermitage are tucked away deep in the sloping forests of Albano Lake.

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

Walrus skulls and narwhal bones were found here while excavating a 900-year old church.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

The symbolic center of Ireland, this summit also offers panoramic views of the countryside.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

The remains of a Zoroastrian temple that bore witness to a time when Aden was a flourishing trading hub.

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.