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The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

A museum and memorial built amid the rubble of a town obliterated by nature.

Crumbling crypts and overgrown graves rise just out of arm's reach in this forgotten Buenos Aires graveyard.

First established in 741, this is one of the oldest Taoist temples in China.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

Mosques carved from coral and dozens of well-preserved stone structures fill this 500-year-old Swahili trading center.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

The culture that built these Tanzanian ruins displayed advanced knowledge of irrigation technology before mysteriously disappearing.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

This historic hiding place, often used by people escaping slavery, is a testament to a heroic struggle for freedom.

An entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolution.