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A failed utopia, shut down by a more legitimate nation.

An unmarked, overgrown path through dense vegetation leads to the largest ancient structure in Polynesia.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.

A crystal clear beach surrounded by beautiful coral reefs.

An abandoned lighthouse off the beaten path, one of the few surviving pre-World War II Japanese structures, offers a beautiful view.

In ancient times, these fallen standing stones supported a massive house.

Once a popular hangout spot this huge mall was left to ruin after economic crash.

This jail once controlled by the Japanese military now sits abandoned on a remote Pacific island.

A gorgeous gem on the ocean.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.

The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

Located on Guam's south shore, this small cave is named for an ancient and powerful Chamorro Chief.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

A beautiful waterway tucked in the corner of a power plant.