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The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

This is one really big nut.

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

This recipe is set in stone.

It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital.

A semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II dominates the valley of Turano.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

The abandoned remains of this once-thriving hotel looms over the city, awaiting an uncertain future.