The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

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

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

Gliwice Radio Tower, likely the tallest wooden structure in the world.

These massive moving sand dunes have swallowed an entire village and are still on the run.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This Swedish automobile graveyard is a beautiful gallery of decay, but woe be to any who would steal a souvenir.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.