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Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.

In 1912, a broken section of the reservoir wall released millions of gallons of water and destroyed many homes downhill.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

The grave of the first dolphin to play Flipper is located at the Dolphin Research Center.

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

These spectacular ruins were built by Spanish padres in the 17th century.

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

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

The mystery of Brazil's "Land of Twins" has led to wild theories such as Nazi genetic experiments.

Volkswagen's dedicated museum dives into the complex history of one of the world's best known cars.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."