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This 17th-century fort, built by the Dutch to control a piece of the international spice trade, is now a city park.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

The country’s first escalator is located in department store filled with batiks and beautiful Indonesian products.

Mount Tambora is the site of the largest and deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded human history.

After a 2004 tsunami, this stranded boat was left in place.

This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.

The second generation of a mighty volcano rises from the sea.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

The largest cattle market on earth holds live auctions open to the public every week.

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

A memorial dedicated to a traveling circus elephant killed by a lightning strike in 1972.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.

The site of abandoned cable car system provides expansive views of Tutuila and nearby capital Pago Pago.

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.