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This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

A vault of safe-deposit boxes in an old bank has been repurposed as a time capsule of Hispanic culture.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

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

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.