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

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.