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Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Pettah's beautiful floating market was once a stinky canal in a sketchy industrial area.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

An enigmatic mural hiding in plain sight in one of São Paulo's busiest metro stations.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

This giant mural of Santa Muerte in downtown São Paulo reminds passersby of their own mortality.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.