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An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.