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A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.