The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

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

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.